Per Diem Registered Nurse, Waltham inpatient unit

Status

Part-Time

Standard Hours per Week

1

Job Posting Category

Nursing

Job Posting Description

Department Summary:
The Waltham Pediatric Inpatient Unit is an 11 bed Surgical Unit, with a typical length of stay of 24 to 72 hours.

Key responsibilities:

• Caring for post-operative patients. Age range infants to young adults. Specialties include: Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, ORL, Urology, Plastics, Ophthalmology.
• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating for a complex patient population.
• Attending to the full range of human experiences and responses to health and illness, without restriction, to a problem-focus orientation; integrating objective data with knowledge gained from an understanding of the patients or group’s subjective experiences.
• Applying scientific knowledge to the process of diagnosis and treatment.
• Providing a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.
• Collaborating with the clinical coordinator, assisting in the coordination of patient care services for area(s) of responsibility.
• Working per diem (4 shifts in 6 weeks) with night/weekend rotation. 

Minimum qualifications:
Education:

• A Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Experience:

• Minimum of three years inpatient acute pediatric experience preferred. 

License/Certification:

• PALS certification.
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Please note: During a public health emergency, individuals in this role may be expected to take on additional duties to respond to organizational needs.
 

Office/Site Location

Waltham

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Per Diem

Remote Eligibility

Onsite Only

Pay Range

$40.60-$87.44 Hourly