Registered Nurse PACU Outpatient/Inpatient

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Position: Registered Nurse

Department: PACU Outpatient/Inpatient

Schedule: 36 Hours, Days/Nights, Every Third Weekend 

Salary - $75,000-$158,000 - FULL RELOCATION PACKAGE

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 Year previous PACU Experience
• ICU experience Preferred
• BSN preferred

The Menino Post Anesthesia Care Unit/Pre-Operative Unit on the new integrated procedural platform consists of 42 bays. All 42 bays provide advanced Intensive Care monitoring as well as Pre-Operative care. Pre-Op and PACU functions as a holding area for our Procedural patients requiring specialized cardiac and interventional care. The department also functions as a high acuity recovery area stabilizing many directly from the OR/Procedural areas after surgery. The Unit also provides 23 hour observation to a small number of post op patients nightly.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Registered Nurse adheres to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing rules and regulations and is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients and their families across the healthcare continuum. The Registered Nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes using the model of care designed by the nursing department and following established agency policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, and standards of practice

EDUCATION:

Graduate of a nursing degree program; BSN preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

• Licensed to practice professional nursing as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Requires current basic life support (BLS) certification.
• Some units may require Advanced Cardiac Life support (ACLS) certification.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Current basic cardiac life support certification.
• Basic computer proficiency is inclusive of the ability to access, enter and interpret computerized data/information.
• Effective interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with various health care team members, patients, and families.
• Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
• Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
• Relevant clinical experience and/or specialty, certification required for certain practice areas, e.g., enters total therapy, epidemiology, peri-operative areas.
• Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement research utilization projects.
• Ability to effectively delegate appropriate patient care activities.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the patient populations served.
• Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities following practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
• Ability to effectively manage stress due to critical issues related to patient care, changing organizational climate, and personnel issues.

Company Culture & Perks

For more than 100 years, Boston Medical Center has been driven by a commitment to care for all people, regardless of their ability to pay, providing not only traditional medical care, but also programs and services that wrap around that care to enhance overall health. All of this supports our mission to provide exceptional care, without exception.

Our vision is to make Boston the healthiest urban population in the world by 2030. This internal benchmark sets the tone for our growth and a successful future and drives our culture, activities, and strategy.

Three cornerstone values drive BMC’s pursuit to deliver exceptional care without exception, guiding our beliefs, behaviors, and decision-making along the way.

We care about our patients, employees, and community — and we’re committed to doing right by them each and every day.

Impossibility doesn’t live here. Instead, we’re motivated by what can be — and we’ll move mountains to make it happen.

Diversity is our heart and soul — and when it comes to inclusion, we’re all in.

Each of those values helps us deliver a promise that we make to ourselves and to our community: By 2030, BMC aims to make Boston the healthiest urban population in the world. With respect, empathy, diversity, and a move-mountains mentality, we’re excited to see that ambitious goal become a long-lasting reality.

Benefits 

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Retirement