Emergency Department Registered Nurse - 24 hrs/part-time (rotating)

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

Join the Emergency Department at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, and be part of a collaborative team delivering high-acuity emergency care in one of the region’s leading academic medical centers.

As the only Level I Trauma Center north of Boston, the Joseph C. Corkery Emergency Center provides advanced emergency care to patients across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Our ED was thoughtfully designed to support efficient, patient centered care and features 36 private patient rooms, dedicated behavioral health spaces, advanced imaging
capabilities, and four fully equipped trauma bays.

Why Join the Lahey Emergency Department?
• Multiple shift options available to support scheduling flexibility, with shift differentials
• Magnet-recognized nursing environment with opportunities to participate in shared governance, clinical initiatives, and nursing leadership programs
• Investment in nursing growth through clinical ladder advancement, specialty certification reimbursement, tuition assistance, scholarship opportunities, and continuing education support
• Access to simulation training, continuing education resources, and innovation initiatives shaping the future of nursing practice
• Comprehensive benefits for employees working 20+ hours per week including medical, dental, vision, disability, retirement savings, paid time off, and employee pharmacy perks
• Free on-site parking

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: including but not limited to:

I.  Clinical Judgment and Decision Making: Ways in which nurses come to understand the problems, issues or concerns of patients/families, to attend to relevant/critical information, and to respond in concerned and involved ways.
A.    The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care is expected to and is accountable for providing safe patient care by demonstrating organizational skills that maintain and coordinate safe delivery of quality care for assigned patients/families. 
•    Develops a culturally competent plan of care that identifies patient problems, expected outcomes, and addresses preventative measures.
B.    Performs systematic patient and family assessment relevant to practice settings.
C.    Delivers care that is specific to the age of the patient.
D.    Evaluates effectiveness of care and adapts plan based on patient/family response.

 
II. Professional Relationship: The professional relationship is based upon Lahey Clinic’s guiding principles and positive effective communication. This relationship extends beyond formal assessment to integrate the particular patient’s response and his/her religious/spiritual, ethnic and cultural beliefs into the plan of care.

A.    Establishes professional relationship with nurses, physicians and other colleagues and patients and families.
    •    The relationship includes the patient and family as a partner in care and is based upon Swanson’s Theory of Caring.
B.    Educates the patient and family about the patient’s illness and treatment including preventative measures appropriate to the patient.
C.    Supports Lahey Clinics commitment to community based activities both within the Lahey community and beyond.

III. Clinical Leadership:  The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care supports the development of others and creates a practice climate of responsiveness and learning based on Benner’s Novice to Expert skills acquisition model.  This supports the retention and recruitment of clinically competent nurses.   The ability to lead and influence the reasoning of colleagues in the patient’s best interest depends on skillful comportment, authoritative clinical knowledge and wisdom, the conviction to act as an ethical agent despite adverse consequences, and the ability to listen and enhance others’ strengths.  

A.    Demonstrates professional behavior by adhering to unit policies and procedures, practice guidelines specific to the setting and the ANA Code of Ethics. 
B.    Demonstrates skills as a responsive team member.
C.    Demonstrates role of nurse as teacher.
D.    Demonstrate ability to fulfill role in Regulatory compliance and readiness.

IV. Clinical Scholarship: The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care achieves clinical scholarship through experiences with patients, through collaboration with colleagues and leadership and through formal education. Learning is transformed into knowledge through self-reflection and analysis.

A.    Upholds standards of quality nursing care.
B.    Demonstrates a commitment to life long learning. 
C.    Demonstrates evidenced based pract