Clinical Nurse II, Urgent Care

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

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 safety.

Required 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 expertise.

Competencies:

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.

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. At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we are driving the change in health care that Massachusetts wants and needs. Our culture promotes continuous learning, growth, innovation, and a sense of belonging. We make it a priority to offer comprehensive compensation and benefits and help you achieve a healthy and balanced life. While you’re busy caring for and supporting our patients, we take care of you.