Registered Nurse, Per Diem

Description

As a Registered Nurse (RN) at Fenway Health you will provide compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities, and patient populations. The Registered Nurse’s care delivery is consistent with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. Professional accountability enriches the RN's engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork.

At Fenway Health the RN will provide quality nursing care to patients consistent with the care philosophy of patient-centeredness, non-judgmental, harm reduction, behavioral health integration, and team-based care. The nurse serves in a clinical leadership role to the care team with primary responsibilities for disease management, care coordination, and advice/triage needs for the care team's panel of patients. The nurse ensures that the team functions smoothly and efficiently while keeping the patients' well-being paramount. The RN will set a positive example of nursing for all Fenway Health staff, residents, and visiting learners; and will always conduct themself in a respectful, courteous, and professional manner consistent with the Fenway Health Mission “to enhance the wellbeing of the LGBTQIA+ community and all people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research, and advocacy.” This is a per diem position working variable hours based on clinic needs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the patient’s provider, specialist providers, and other members of the care team to improve patient outcomes through a patient-centered care plan incorporating patient engagement and education to promote health and prevent injury, illness, and disease exacerbation.
• Provides competent, compassionate nursing care based on the nursing process, clinical reasoning, objective scientific principles, and the patient’s subjective experiences.
• Conducts virtual, telephonic, or in-person nurse assessment and triage to assess the severity of the patient’s health concerns using approved protocols and resources to advise appropriately.
• Implements the patient-centered plan of care, evaluates outcomes, and regularly communicates the plan of care, patient status, and progress toward goals with the provider, patient, and other care team members.
• Influences appropriate utilization of healthcare resources by helping to coordinate patient care, encouraging patient involvement in disease management and wellness programs, and conducting follow-up care for acute care or psychiatric admissions, emergency department visits, specialist visits, and sub-acute / rehabilitation care stays.
• Implements direct and indirect nursing care consistent with evidence-based practices, hospital policies and procedures, scope and standards of practice, and Nursing’s Code of Ethics.
• Coordinates preventative services for the defined population including, but not limited to, education, preventative medications, vaccinations, testing, and referrals.
• Documents patient information accurately and in a timely manner in the EHR.
• Speaks up immediately about concerns regarding assigned responsibilities and available resources.
• Promotes a compassionate and therapeutic environment that is responsive to the unique patient and caregivers and extends to members of the care team.
• Assures a sensitivity to recognize, appreciate, and incorporate individual differences and preferences in the provision of culturally competent care for the patient and with the care team.
• Participates in daily operational activities necessary for a safe patient and team environment.
• Identifies complexities within the healthcare system, and Fenway Health, and participates in resolving barriers to effective, efficient, and fiscally responsible care delivery.
• Participates in planning, implementing, and monitoring nursing goals and objectives consistent with the Fenway Health Strategic Plan.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently and as an effective healthcare team member.
• Evaluates own knowledge, as well as nursing peers, and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and evidence-based knowledge in consultation with peers and colleagues.
• Attends meetings and participates in committee functions and activities as nominated or assigned.
• Adheres to organizational and departmental policies and procedures in collaboration with other departments and in accordance with state, federal, and organizational guidelines.
• Demonstrates initiative and commitment to continuously improve services and processes that positively impact patient care and orga