Registered Nurse- Farr 3 MedSurg- 36hr Rotating

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

Unit Overview
Farr 3 is a 24-bed inpatient medical-surgical unit on the West Campus of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). The unit provides acute care to patients with a broad range of diagnoses and complex comorbidities, including:

Heart failure

Respiratory failure

Sepsis

Diabetes

Advanced wound care needs

Behavioral health concerns

Dementia and delirium

This diverse patient population requires a dynamic and skilled nursing team dedicated to delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered care.

Role Summary
As a Clinical Nurse II on Farr 3, you will play a critical role in advancing patient safety, quality, and overall outcomes. Building upon your clinical foundation, this role emphasizes both professional growth and leadership development.

You will:

Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care for patients with complex medical and surgical needs.

Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to create and implement individualized care plans.

Serve as a resource and role model for newer nurses, patient care technicians, and other team members.

Engage in unit-based initiatives to support quality, safety, and patient experience goals.

Act as an advocate for patients and families, fostering trust, respect, and clear communication.

Professional Development & Leadership
Farr 3 is committed to supporting the growth of every team member. As a Clinical Nurse II, your continued development will be fostered through:

Educational activities designed to expand your clinical expertise and strengthen critical thinking skills.

Leadership opportunities that encourage participation in unit-based projects, shared governance, and quality improvement initiatives.

Mentorship and collaboration with clinical educators, nurse leaders, and peers to promote professional excellence.

By combining clinical skill with leadership and lifelong learning, you will contribute to the unit’s mission of achieving nursing excellence while enhancing patient care, safety, and experience.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Provides direct care to patients and makes necessary nursing judgments. Responsible for systematically assessing the health care needs of individuals or groups and for the formulation of a care plan, its implementation and evaluation. Demonstrates the ability for decision making by integrating theoretical knowledge with practical experience in caring for patients.

• Coordinates the care of patients and directs assistive personnel in order to provide safe, effective, efficient, equitable and timely, patient-centered care. Demonstrates awareness of environmental forces on health care of patients and their families. Demonstrates the ability to identify resources necessary to implement the plan of care.

• Works in a collegial and collaborative relationship with other health professionals to determine healthcare needs of patients and families. Develops relationships with patients and families that maintain and communicate trust and respect. Communicates effectively in the exchange of information. Demonstrate the ability to act as a patient advocate.

• Maintains annual mandatory education requirements, which include emergency skills and unit based competencies. Identifies needs for continued growth and development in conjunction with the unit based educator or clinical nurse specialist. Participates in activities that contribute to professional development of self May participate in quality improvement activities.

• Demonstrates a commitment to patients, staff, and to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The individual nursing practice reflects the goals of the Medical Center. Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own nursing practice and patient safety

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program required.

• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing strongly preferred.

Experience:
1-3 years related work experience required.

License/Certification(s):

• License Registered Nurse required.

• American Heart Association – Basic Life support Certificate required.

Competencies:
1.    Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.

2.    Problem Solving: Ability