Massachusetts Veterans Jobs

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Night (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

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

Job Description:

Hours: 32 hours evening/night shift, with weekend rotation and holiday rotation

Job Description:

• Observe patients and report reactions or changes in condition to the assigned nurse.

• Assist registered nurses with undressing patients, cleaning wounds, and obtaining blood and urine specimens. Assist in holding pediatric and adult patients for IV starts, lumbar punctures, thoacentesis, chest tube insertion, epistaxis control, foreign body removal, etc.

• Respond to patients’ requests and/or call lights to determine patients’ needs and relay information to the assigned nurse.

• Maintaining patients' rooms by disposing of linen, stocking supplies and linens, emergency equipment, and cleaning counter surfaces.

• Provides essential emotional support to patient and family. Make periodic checks to solicit patient needs.

• Transport patients by stretcher or wheelchair to and from Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Cardiology or to the floors when admitted.

• Assist in the discharge of a patient by removing the IV, dressing the patient, and transferring the patient to the car when necessary.

• Assists Physician and/or registered nurse in procedures including CPR, moderate sedation, casting, crutch fitting and walking, slings, various splints, knee immobilizers, soft/hard collars, shoulder immobilizers, clavicle splints, ortho shoes, and Jones dressing.

• Under the supervision of the registered nurse, insert a foley cath for a female or male patient and obtain a specimen. Assist the registered nurse in obtaining cath specimens for pediatric patients.

• Responsible for setting up the sterile field for suture kits. Assist physicians with suturing adults and pediatric patients.

• Assist physicians with GYN exams and collecting specimens. Maintains room with all GYN/Rectal equipment and supplies.

• Covers for secretaries/liaisons when needed.

• They may be asked to perform close observation or one-on-one observation on a behavioral health patient or patient assessed to be a safety risk.

• Participates in the following:

a. Mandatory training requirements as per unit/hospital policies

b. Continuing education/in-services to enhance knowledge

c. Staff meetings

d. Performance improvement initiatives

e. Orientation of new staff, students, and/or volunteers

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

High school diploma or equivalent required. C.N.A., a nursing student with two completed clinical rotations, EMT, or equivalent

experience. Experience working in an emergency department is preferred.

Knowledge of basic medical terminology. Basic computer skills.

LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED : Basic Life Support

AGE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Infant, Children, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric.

As 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. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) 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