About the Role
This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. It involves performing basic care services under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and potentially registered nurses. This is an experienced-level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools, obtained through work experience and vocational or technical education.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct care for patients including personal hygiene, elimination, catheter care, vital signs, skin care, and mobility activities.
- Documents patient care according to procedure.
- Reinforces belongings policy with patients and families, documents appropriately, and secures belongings.
- Provides nutritional support, assists with feedings, and documents intake/output and weight.
- Performs selected and therapeutic procedures as outlined in the competency and skills checklist.
- Cooperates with healthcare team members to achieve departmental objectives.
- Assists physicians/clinicians with treatments, dressings, and tests.
- Performs 12-lead EKGs and documents patient information.
- Obtains, documents, processes, and labels specimens according to policy and transports them as needed.
- Completes annual point of care testing.
- Participates in hourly rounding of patients.
- Observes and communicates patient's physical and emotional status to the RN.
- Reports any change in patient condition to the RN in a timely manner.
- Ensures proper patient identification by verifying wristband and date of birth.
- Notifies RN when a wristband is missing.
- Functions in the role of patient observer.
- Answers patient call lights in a timely and courteous manner using AIDET.
- Adheres to precaution measures for safety and maintains infection control principles.
- Demonstrates appropriate actions and understanding of role in all codes and disaster situations.
- Assists in administering post-mortem care.
- Performs unit secretary duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Four (4) years of healthcare experience and nursing service experience.
- Certified patient care / clinical associate / certified nursing assistant or equivalent.
- Ability to read, write, and comprehend medical terminology.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Able to work with detailed, confidential material.
- Computer experience.
- Demonstrates knowledge of asepsis technique and utilizes sterile technique when indicated.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill in performing all point of care testing done on the unit.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill in providing age-appropriate care to population served.
- Lifting up to 30-35 lbs and turning patients.
- Prolonged standing and walking.
- Occasional twisting, bending, reaching, pushing/pulling, sitting, kneeling, and squatting.
- Manual dexterity using fine hand manipulation for performing procedures to operate computer keyboard.
- Requires ability to see computer screen and reports.
Skills
- Medical terminology
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Working with confidential material
- Computer experience
- Asepsis technique
- Sterile technique
- Point of care testing
- Age-appropriate care
Location
- North suburban Boston
Work Type
- Full-time
- Night Shift
Experience Level
- Experienced level role
- Four (4) years of healthcare experience and nursing service experience
Education Level
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Vocational or technical education
Salary/Compensations
- $19.77 - $24.57
Benefits
- Competitive salaries & benefits
- 403(b) retirement plan with company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Free parking
- Comprehensive Total Rewards package
About the Company
- MelroseWakefield Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford are two campuses with one community in mind: the people of north suburban Boston.
- MelroseWakefield Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital are distinguished by the range of high-quality clinical care and services.
- Our teams welcome everyone with hospitality and humanity.
- We focus on reducing health disparities through 40+ local health programs across a system of hospitals, urgent care locations, outpatient services, and community physicians.
- Tufts Medicine is a healthcare system that works to empower people to live their best lives by reimagining healthcare, advancing knowledge and pioneering discovery.
- Every team member plays an integral role in realizing our vision of creating the most equitable and frictionless healthcare experience in the world.
- Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth.
Equal Opportunity
- Tufts Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.
- At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring.
- Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals, while rewarding the important work you do every day.
- Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals.
