• Job Description

  Req#: 1206689
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  Staff Nurse - Per Diem Variable Days - BWH Ambulatory OBGYN
  Excellent Care to Patients and Families • The Best Staff • In the Safest Environment
  Nursing at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That’s why we’re committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level — not just as patients, but as individuals — to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for.
  At BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision — to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment.
  Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents – a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception – physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there’s no better place to be.
  The Staff Nurse will be responsible for:
  • Providing care for patients in the satellite offices in Westwood, Foxboro, Chestnut Hill, and 500 Brookline Ave.

  • Telephone Triage of OB and GYN Patients

  • Birth Control Counseling

  • Nurse Visits

  • Providing Patient Education

  • Performing Fetal Non-Stress tests

  • Outpatient Cervical Ripening

  • Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment.
  Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.
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  To qualify, you must have:
  Education:
  • Graduate of an approved school of nursing with current registration in Massachusetts. A Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is required for newly licensed nurses.
  Experience:
  • A minimum of 3 years of clinical nursing experience is required.
  • Experience in electronic fetal monitoring is required.
  • Clinical nursing experience in OB/GYN is required.
  • Nursing experience in ambulatory clinic/practice setting preferred.
  • Bilingual is preferred.
  Other:
  • Membership in professional organizations is recommended and, certification in a specialty area is preferred.
  • Able to work weekend rotation per the MNA contract.
  SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
  The RN must show evidence of the basic analytic thinking necessary to care for a group of patients. Must demonstrate observational skills and the ability to set priorities. Must be able to function under stress with good interpersonal and communication skills. Must demonstrate effective skills in applying hospital standards in area of service, teamwork, communication, respect for others, and time/priority management.
  
  WORKING CONDITIONS
  Works in a variety of patient care environments where there may be exposure to communicable diseases and hazardous materials such as chemotherapeutic agents, radioisotopes, and radiation. Work entails walking and lifting. Lifting, Pushing and Pulling Policy Statement (effective 3/7/20111): The Department of Nursing has adopted the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)–recommended maximum weight limit of 35 lbs. for lifting, and a reasonably comparable standard for pushing and pulling, as part of the physical requirements for this position.
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  Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
  
  BWH Boston Main Campus (BWHMAIN)
  75 Francis St
  Boston, 02115
  
  

• About the company

  Brigham and Women's Hospital is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts.

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