Pain Center Staff RN - Outpatient 32 hours/week

Are you ready to become part of our dynamic Pain Center team where you can grow and advance, all while making a difference in patient’s lives? When you join the growing BILH team, you’re not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Anna Jaques Hospital Registered Nurse is an active participant in the health care team who provides direct and indirect care to patients, families, and significant others, utilizing the components of the nursing process in accordance with the philosophy, objectives, values, and mission behaviors of the patient care division. Join Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH), a distinguished not‑for‑profit community hospital located in the picturesque coastal community of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Since 1884, AJH has been a cornerstone of healthcare excellence in the Merrimack Valley, North Shore, and Southern New Hampshire regions, renowned for our commitment to high‑quality care and exceptional patient satisfaction. Located just 35 miles northeast of Boston, AJH offers the perfect blend of a supportive community hospital environment and the vast opportunities that come with being part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the region. As a member of our team, you’ll be part of a network of over 39,000 caregivers and staff dedicated to providing extraordinary care to more than 1.7 million people from 150+ cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Discover a rewarding career at AJH, where you can make a meaningful impact within a close‑knit community while advancing your professional growth within a thriving healthcare system. Job Description Pain Center Staff RN – Outpatient Shift – 32 hrs/week – Days (Monday through Thursday, no weekends, and no observed holidays.) Essential Functions Professional Conduct Demonstrates a positive attitude, professional demeanor, compassionate care, and active listening skills. Treats all with dignity, courtesy, and respect while working as a committed member of the healthcare team. Professional Development Actively participates in departmental staff meetings and quality improvement initiatives. Maintains current licensure and certifications as per job description, and keeps current on assigned education and training tasks. Nursing Practice Practices within the scope and service outlined in the Nurse Practice Act. Utilizes standard universal precautions. Patient Advocacy Advocates for patients and families to ensure positive patient care outcomes. Documentation Documents in a timely and accurate manner. Documents all changes as well as relevant information regarding patient’s response to intervention, therapeutic regimens, and patient progress as it relates to plan of care and patient’s response to teaching. Patient Care Ensures that patient’s pain is well controlled. Responds to patient needs in a timely manner, including answering call lights. Patient Communication Communicates effectively with patients, families, peers, and other members of the healthcare team. Includes patient, family, and caregivers in all aspects of care, ensuring that all explanations are understandable. Assessment Completes admission and ongoing assessments based on patient needs within appropriate time frame. Identifies patient’s individual needs, problems, issues, concerns and considers chronological and developmental levels. Safety Continually ensures patient safety by compliance with, but not limited to, hospital policies and procedures, the Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals and Universal protocol. Provides a safe, secure professional environment while maintaining HIPAA compliance. Leadership Responsibilities Provides appropriate guidance and support to team members while acting as a resource or preceptor to new staff. Delegates tasks in compliance with scope of practice and hospital job descriptions. As part of charge nurse responsibilities, ensures that assignment considers acuity, patient flow, experience, and expertise of staff. Qualifications Required Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individual to perform the essential functions. APR experience preferred. Communication Must possess verbal and written skills to communicate effectively and courteously with a diverse group of professional and non‑professional members of the health care team, patients and family/significant others. Minimum Education Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN preferred. Required Licenses Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Maintains BLS. Physical Demands Provide direct care to patients, including lifting, moving, and assisting. Regular standing, bending, walking and lifting. Benefits Working At Anna Jaques Hospital Tuition Reimbursement Career Development and Opportunities Free On‑Site Parking Discounts/Savings on various businesses. Health and Wellness activities Pay Range $36.93 – $80.96 per hour 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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