Registered Nurse (RN), Med Surg, 32 hours/week, evening shift

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

Johnson 6 is a 37 bed medical unit. The unit has multiple private rooms to accommodate the needs of the variety of patient populations that are served there. Johnson 6 also has three four bed rooms which overflow beds are available in case of elevated census. There is one negative pressure room to accommodate needs of patients requiring this level of need.

The entire unit has had an assessment to accommodate the behavioral health patients we care for that may happen to be on suicide precautions. These patients tent to be placed in the private rooms at the Nurse’s Station for the highest levels of monitoring.

Patient Population Johnson 6 accepts patients of 16 years of age or older with chronic medical conditions. Patients cared for on this unit generally range in age 20 to 90 years of age, there is such a range of ages on Johnson 6 due to the variety of medical conditions that are treated can impact any age group. Patients are admitted from many services including internal medicine, medical oncology, hospice, infectious disease, behavioral health, thoracic surgery and renal. Common Medical Diagnoses

• Pancreatitis
• Cerebral vascular accident
• Dementia
• Delirium
• Failure to thrive
• Cancer
• Substance abuse issues Common Nursing Diagnoses
• Nutritional deficit
• Safety (Fall risk)
• Alteration in skin integrity
• Alteration in body image
• Cellulitis
• Pain management
• Powerlessness

On Johnson 6, one of the key roles in successful patient care is that of the unit based Pharmacist on the day shift M-F. The patients on Johnson 6 require complex pharmaceutical interventions, and having this expertise available on the unit to support the patient care needs as well as a resource of Provider order management has allowed the RN staff to collaborate for highest quality outcomes.

Qualified candidates

• graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• current Massachusetts Registered Nurse license
• BSN preferred
• BCLS required

Application Instructions: Applicants will only be considered for the specific job posting to which they apply. If there are multiple postings for the same or similar roles, applicants must apply separately to each posting to ensure consideration

Pay Range

$37.00 - $84.71

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. The pay range for this position is established and governed by the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Employees hired into this position will receive compensation consistent with the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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) as a condition of employment.

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