Maternal Fetal Medicine RN
Company: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Location: Boston
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a
job, you're making a difference in people's lives.Job
Type:RegularScheduled Hours:32Work Shift:Day (United States of
America)The BIDMC Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of
nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art &
science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients,
families, and communities. The Clinical Nurse II utilizes the
nursing process as the frame of reference for practice as a
professional registered nurse and provides direct nursing care to
patients and families in an office-based setting. Training,
evaluation and competencies for this role are overseen by a Nurse
Leader to the department.
Department Specific Job Responsibilities: Maternal Fetal
Medicine
Ambulatory MFM is a face paced outpatient practice caring for high
risk obstetrical patients. Responsibilities include but are not
limited to phone triage, lab review and follow-up, medication
administration, and emergency management on the unit. Nursing
visits include prenatal and postpartum counseling, injections,
voiding trials, postpartum RN visits, miscarriage and family
planning counseling. The RN will serve as a diabetes educator and
resource for patients and staff. The diabetes nurse will work with
Attending Physician to care for diabetic patients throughout their
pregnancy. Responsibilities will include, nutrition/diet
counseling, medication management, diabetes education and providing
resources and support. Excellent time management and organizational
skills as well as the ability to work as a part of a team are
necessary for success in this position. The RN in this role will be
expected to obtain certified diabetes care education specialist
certification within the initial 2 years in the role.Job
Description:Essential Responsibilities:
- 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 safetyRequired Qualifications:
- Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
- License Registered Nurse required.
- American Heart Association - Basic Life Support
Certification
- 1-3 years related work experience required.
- Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a
basic level within web-based applications.Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a teaching hospital and specialty area
expertiseCompetencies: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.Problem Solving: Ability to
address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or
interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge
and skills based on general precedents.Independence of Action:
Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and
organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when
confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work
progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.Written Communications:
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English
with internal and external customers.Oral Communications: Ability
to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively
with medical center staff, patients, families and external
customers.Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge
of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the
ability to use them in varied situations.Team Work: Ability to act
as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a
collaborative and respectful team environment and improving
workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more
departments.Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of
customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external
customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner
using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to
remain calm in stressful situations.Age based
Competencies:Employees in this job must be competent to provide
patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal:Birth to 6
months, Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years,
Elderly: 60 -.Physical Nature of the Job:Medium work: Exerting up
to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force
frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand
and/or move around through the majority of their shift.FLSA
Status:Non-ExemptAs a health care organization, we have a
responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and
protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth
Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against
influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. about
this requirement.More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses,
doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more,
making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion
can make us even stronger.Equal Opportunity
Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Keywords: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brockton , Maternal Fetal Medicine RN, Healthcare , Boston, Massachusetts
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