Registered Nurse - Hospital at Home, Charlestown (Part Time, 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.

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

· Facilitating admissions to Hospital at Home utilizing Hospital at Home guidelines

· Serving as a role model for professional nursing practice

· Utilizing nursing knowledge to identify, prevent and/or solve complex acute and/or recurring patient care problems

· Sharing expertise with the multidisciplinary team and serve as a resource to staff in area(s) of expertise

· Supporting research efforts to advance knowledge and promote evidence-based practice

· Preforming other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Director of Nursing

Quality and Safety Responsibilities:

· Ensure compliance with reporting requirements for Sentinel Events and Serious Incidents

· Participate in quality and safety investigations and root cause analyses

· Take appropriate action to ensure patient safety as a result of any investigation; and

· Serve as a resource in quality improvement processes and technique

Organizational Requirements:

1. Maintains strict adherence to the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Confidentiality Policy.

2. Incorporates Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Guiding Principles, Mission Statement and G