Registered Nurse Emergency Room Full Time Weekend Evenings

Since 1985 BHCHPs mission has been to provide or assure access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. We care for over 11000 homeless individuals each year and ensure that every one of these individuals can receive comprehensive health care which includes primary care behavioral health medical respite dental case management and more. Our staff work in 30 locations across the city to serve some of our communitys most vulnerableand most resilientcitizens.
From our earliest days as a program we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity centering trust mutual respect hope and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down physical and systemic barriers that our patients face and provide community-based health care services that are compassionate dignified and culturally appropriate.

NOW OFFERING A $4000 SIGN ON BONUS***

Hours : Part-Time: 20-24 hours Days/Evenings/Weekends Hours vary depending on need
Union: None
Union Name: None
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) is seeking a professional nurse to provide compassionate high-quality ambulatory care to patients across a range of health conditions and stages of this role you will have the opportunity to build strong trusting relationships with patients while providing education support and care focused on medication management chronic disease management preventive care and overall health promotion.
You must have flexibility in their schedule and be willing to travel between BHCHP sites throughout the Boston area. Direct Nursing Care:
Provide clinical nursing care to address patients health needs conforming to established BHCHP policies and procedures and Department of Public Health regulations; provide all nursing-related activities in association with primary care clinical operations at BHCHP primary clinic settings including nursing case management activities immunizations injectable medication administration point of care testing and health screenings; provide triage and nursing assessment of walk-in and scheduled patients.
Collaboratively work as part of BHCHP clinical team to address ongoing and new health concerns from patients.
Accurately assess and document ongoing clinical nursing care promptly reporting to appropriate personnel as indicated (i.e. oncall Provider Nurse Manager Site Manager etc.)
Respond to medical emergencies within the site and activate emergency medical services when indicated; practice trauma-informed care motivational interviewing and harm reduction principles in clinical care.
Support ongoing quality improvement efforts for the clinic site and program.
Maintain the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting ensuring that the clinical record for each patient is current and accurate.
Communicate with clinic team members to support ongoing collaborative clinical care for patients.
Collaborate with site partners as appropriate.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts RN license
Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience preferred
Multilingual proficiency preferred Spanish Haitian Creole and Portuguese-Brazil
Experience with Epic EMR preferred.
Strong medical assessment skills.
Experience in public health primary and preventive nursing/medicine.
Understanding of substance use trauma and behavioral health issues

NOW OFFERING A $4000 SIGN ON BONUS***

The compensation increases based on years of experience and ranges from $40.00 - $58.00 hourly.
BHCHP full-time employees are eligible for our competitive time off program health dental and vision insurance 403B retirement savings planpre-tax MBTA pass program with 40% discount additional compensation for demonstrated bilingual proficiency and are prorated for part-time employees.
As an equal opportunity employer Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex gender gender identity and expression sexual orientation national origin disability age marital status veteran status pregnancy parental status genetic information or characteristics or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Covid-19 Vaccination: Proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) is optional for employment. Candidates who are offered employment will be given details about how to demonstrate receipt of vaccination if they choose to.
Please Note: Employment at Boston Health Care for the Homeless is at-will. Boston Health Care for the Homeless does not sponsor work authorization visas.