Registered Nurse, Skeletal Health Center

Status

Full-Time

Standard Hours per Week

40

Job Posting Category

Nursing

Job Posting Description

Skeletal Health Center
This Staff Nurse will be responsible for:

• Working with patients and families for acute and chronic problem solving with a focus in caring for patients with skeletal dysplasia and osteoporosis.
• Preparing patients and families for evaluation in the Skeletal Health Center.  
• Following-up with patients and families to evaluate progress after making treatment changes and infusion appointments.
• Providing support to physicians to facilitate ambulatory clinic flow.  
• Administering various injections and providing training on devices such as growth promoting medications for use at home.  
• Providing information and liaison between families and their physicians (primary care and endocrine) in order for families to be comfortable with the care of their children.
• Triaging patient and family needs with primary care physicians and/or families who are questioning the need for a Skeletal Health Center or endocrine appointment.
• Working in our Boston, Waltham and Peabody clinics.

To qualify, you must have:

• BSN degree
• 1-3 years nursing experience required
• Strong telephone communication, critical thinking and organizational skills as well as the ability to work as a team 
• Comfort providing telephone support 
• This is a 40 hour per week position scheduled as four 10-hour days (8am-6:30pm)

Office/Site Location

Boston

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Onsite Only