Hospital at Home Nurse in Charlestown, 24 hours, Nights

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

24 hours, nights, with an every third weekend commitment. Hours: 7:00p-7:00a. This role will be located in the Schraftt's Building in Charlestown MA. Plenty of free parking!

The Nurse will be working in our Charlestown office, but treating patients remotely in their homes.

This virtual Registered Nurse (RN) Hospital at Home role is for a Registered Nurse who wants to be part of an innovative team working as a virtual RN in a command center. The virtual Registered Nurse for our Hospital at Home program will be the nucleus of the care provided to inpatients who are cared for in their home by medical personnel. This RN will have virtual visits with the patient, document in the electronic medical record, coordinate the plan of care, and participate in multidisciplinary rounds. The majority of your time will be spent in a central command center where you will be working with other RNs and Medical doctors to care for patients who require inpatient care, but can receive the care in their home. In addition, there will be opportunity for you to provide in-home visits to patients. Don't miss out on the opportunity to be a member of this team.

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center is now offering a $3,000 sign-on bonus for our Command Center Staff RN positions. Nurses must be licensed with at least one (1) year of nursing experience to be eligible for the signing bonus.

Important Details:
• Signing Bonuses are paid out in three payments. You will receive your first payment (one third of the total amount) within the first 30 days of employment and is subject to applicable taxes. You will receive the second payment at six (6) months and the third payment (final third of the total amount) owe one year following your start date and all payments subject to applicable taxes.
• Full time status at LHMC is considered for schedules greater than or equal to 30 hours per week; part time status is 20 to 29 hours per week. Roles less than Full-Time will be prorated. Please note, per diem employees are not eligible for signing bonuses.
• Current and former BILH candidates - restrictions apply. BIDMC Internal employees or employees within the BILH system are not eliglbe for the bonus or if you have been employed by a BILH entity within the last 12 months.
• Please note, sign on bonuses are subject to change based on the organization's hiring needs and will be determined by Talent Acquisition on an ongoing basis. BILH/LHMC Talent Acquisition reserves the right to change sign on bonus eligible jobs and amounts at any time.

Job Description:

Reporting directly to the Hospital at Home Director of Nursing, The Command Center Staff RN is responsible for providing high-quality patient care to various patient populations within the framework of the Hospital at Home model.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Utilizing monitoring, assessment, planning, intervention and critical thinking skills to care for acute care patient populations in the home

• Navigating patients and families across the continuum of care

• Monitoring and responding to biometric data per Hospital at Home Command Center protocols

 • Conducting home and audio/visual patient care visits as directed by the care team and/or protocol

• Providing inpatient level acute care in the home setting in collaboration with the Command Center team.

• Ensuring all interventions in the patient’s care plan are implemented efficiently with a patient centered approach

• Leveraging the resources and expertise of supplier partners to implement collaborative workflows, standards, policies, protocols, guidelines and documentation systems to support safe, reliable, high-quality, evidence-based care with clinical protocols as the foundation

• Adhering to the clinical protocols and be willing to obtain the necessary training to provide care within the context of the providing evidence-based care

• Promoting professional practice and a culture of safety; willingness to engage in process improvement efforts

Clinical Roles and Responsibilities:

· Providing protocol driven assessment, care coordination and interventions as appropriate informed by Hospital at Home protocols for diverse patient populations with a focus on oncology, medicine and post- operative care

· Exhibiting sound clinical decision making and critical thinking skills

· Maintain and practice in accordance with nursing guidelines per state and hospital regulations<