RN - Home Care - East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Boston, MA 02128
About the Job
East Boston, MA
Full-time, benefits eligible
Sunday-Thursday 8am-5pm plus weekend rotations
$10,000 Sign-on Bonus
The RN Home Care Nurse is responsible for the general oversight, assessment, planning, and construction of the nursing care delivered to the participant. The home care primary nurse may delegate some direct care, data collection, and nursing assessment responsibilities to other nurses and nursing assistants on the team but retains responsibility for ensuring that interventions are carried out in accordance with the participant’s care plan and the orders of the participant’s medical providers. May provide care in the PACE Day Health Center or in participant’s homes. Community based nursing
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assess a patient through obtaining history, performing appropriate tests, making or collecting observations from the participant and caregivers, and consulting with other members of the IDT.
- Prepares and presents a patient for rapid provider review and treatment.
- Arranges for or directly implements care plan interventions and testing, treatment, or other provider orders for a panel of participants.
- Oversees delegated tasks to ensure completion, and monitor outcomes, and make adjustments to care plan as needed.
- Safely and effectively administers medications, tests and treatments as ordered. Manages the refills of all patient medications with appropriate authorization by the provider.
- Teaches patients and families health care regimens. Explains and provides information regarding disease and wellness, tests, results, medications, diet, exercise, and other aspects of the plan of care to patients.
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing preferred.
- Current Massachusetts license in nursing.
- Current BLS certification required.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in ambulatory, home health, hospital or sub-acute setting preferred, equivalent training or related experience considered.
- A minimum of one year experience working with a frail or elderly population.
- MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND VISION COVERAGE.
- LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE.
- 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN.
- TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.
- FLEXIBLE SPENDING AND TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS.
- PAID HOLIDAYS, VACATIONS, SICK, AND PERSONAL TIME.
- GENEROUS STAFF DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT.
- EXCELLENT MALPRACTICE COVERAGE.
- PET INSURANCE.
- FREE PARKING.
- AND MUCH MORE.
About East Boston Neighborhood Health Center:
Everywhere you turn, you can feel it: Passion and commitment at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC), the largest community health center in Massachusetts and one of the largest in the country. From the nurses and physicians on the frontlines of patient care, to the managers who shape policy, to the customer service representatives who keep our facilities running smoothly — everyone here has a role in making medicine better.Striving to be an employer of choice, we offer progressive benefits, a variety of schedules, and the satisfaction of working with a diverse workforce whose unity of purpose is a real force for achievement. Plus, our Education & Training Institute is an attractive resource for many of our employees who seek to broaden their skill base and advance their careers.For the eighth time, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe! This award recognizes the most admired workplaces in the state voted on by the people who know them best — their employees. Read on to see how we’re striving to be an employer of choice.1. SENSE OF PURPOSEFounded during the Civil Rights Movement, EBNHC provides high-quality care to all without regard to age, race/ethnicity, insurance status or ability to pay. As the largest community health center in Massachusetts and one of the largest in the nation, EBNHC opens its doors to patients from all demographics and cultures and provides them with the same quality care. Our staff is unified and passionate about fulfilling this mission. We believe we can change medicine for the better and we do it every day.2. FOCUS ON DIVERSITY AND EQUITYOur workforce is as diverse as the city we call home — in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and age, as well as in cultural backgrounds, life experiences, thoughts, and ideas. We know that neighbors who share cultures, concerns, and goals understand one another, and that that understanding reduces barriers to care and opens doors to opportunity. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment for all inside and outside the health center.3. STRONG LEADERSHIPEBNHC’s leaders are instrumental in shaping healthcare policy across Massachusetts and is dedicated to creating equity in medicine. Their efforts along with tireless work of our frontline staff have led to more than 100,000 vaccine doses administered in neighborhoods hit hardest by the pandemic including East Boston, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop, Everett, and the South End.4. TRAINING AND ADVANCEMENTOur Education & Training Institute is an attractive resource for many of our employees who seek to broaden their skill base and advance their careers. More than half of our employees reside in our service area. By bringing education and training opportunities to the community, we provide employees and community members with the education and skills needed to obtain well-paying jobs in health care, ultimately strengthening the local economy.5. FLEXIBILITY AND PROGRESSIVE BENEFITSThe workplace is undergoing a once-in-a-lifetime transformation, and organizations that embrace that change, and put their employees’ needs first rise to the top. To attract and retain outstanding staff members, we nurture and maintain a supportive environment that reflects our mission and culture. That includes offering important benefits like medical, dental, life and disability insurance, paid time off, flexible spending and transportation accounts and excellent malpractice coverage so that you can be your best inside and outside of work.