Clinical Assistant, NICU (36 hours)

Status

Part-Time

Standard Hours per Week

36

Job Posting Category

Clinical

Job Posting Description

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), in the Division of Newborn Medicine, is a Level III/IV, 30-bed referral center for critically ill infants requiring complex medical and surgical care. Highly specialized physicians, nurses, and support staff collaborate in the care of critically ill infants and their families. A team from multiple specialties within the hospital provides advanced therapies and family centered care for infants from around the region and the world.

We work closely with the Fetal Care and Surgery Center to coordinate both prenatal consultation and postnatal intensive care for infants with a wide range of prenatally diagnosed conditions. Neonatology attendings, fellows, pediatric surgical residents, and either neonatal nurse practitioners or pediatrician hospitalists are available on the unit 24 hours a day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the registered nurse the Clinical Assistant (CA) will help provide basic bedside nursing care for complex medical and surgical neonatal patients.
• In collaboration with the registered nurse, the CA may be responsible for obtaining vital signs, performing EKGs, and oxygen saturation measurements, while identifying and reporting unusual findings or changes in patient condition to the registered nurse.    
• The CA may assist with transporting patients, stocking of supplies and equipment as needed.
• The CA role provides the opportunity to practice in a family centered environment.
• The ability to work a schedule of 12 hour shifts, 50% day/night rotation, every third weekend with holiday requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Education:
High School Diploma

Experience:

• 1-year CA experience, CNA certification, or Nursing Student with at least one clinical rotation.

Licensure/ Certifications:

• Basic Life Support certification (BLS) preferred

Office/Site Location

Boston

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Onsite Only