BILH Pharmacy Services - Field Based RN - Home Infusion Nurse - Per Diem

Join The BILH Team

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. Based North of Boston to service the areas of Waltham, Woburn, Lowell, Beverly, and adjacent - The Registered Nurse creates & develops patient care plans to direct the safe and appropriate administration of medication in the home or alternate site setting. Working with Home Infusion staff the Registered Nurse helps identify patients capable of successful self-administration, educates patients & caregivers on proper administration techniques & methods, coordinates discharge activities, administers or supervises administration of medication, provides IV site dressing care and phlebotomy services as ordered.

Primary Responsibilities

• Practices in accordance with the state and federal laws, rules, and regulations
• Assesses patient needs and capabilities for acceptance onto services for ordered therapies
• Provides education with patient & caregiver as a condition of acceptance onto home infusion services
• Collects necessary authorizations, paperwork, signatures when needed to support patient billing functions
• Effectively communicates with all members of patient discharge team
• Able to effectively manage patient census & demonstrate flexibility in scheduling to meet time sensitive patient needs
• Adheres to policies & procedures for medication handling, preparation, administration, disposal
• Advocates patient needs to prescribers or other clinicians through written or verbal communication
• Create patient specific care plan, documents patient progress towards goals
• Maintains accurate listing of all medications, supplements & diagnoses patient has
• Create discharge plan for patient upon completions of therapy as ordered, or if abrupt discontinuation is required
• Trains & mentors' staff
• Participates in continuous quality control exercises, policy & procedure review, performance improvement tasks
• Take part in clinical on-call rotation for after-hours patient support

Required Qualifications

• Current licensure from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
• Flexibility with hours worked to provide support evenings/weekends/holidays
• Current BLS certification
• 2 years of Infusion related experience required
• Valid Driver's license & auto insurance

Preferred Qualifications

• CRNI certification
• Current ACLS certification

Competencies

• Decision Making
• Problem Solving
• Independence of Action
• Written Communications
• Oral Communications
• Knowledge
• Team Work
• Customer Service
• Adaptability

Social/Environmental Requirements

• Health Care Status
• Sensory Requirements
• Physical Requirements

Pay Range

$37.00 - $95.74

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.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled