Registered Nurse (Rn) - Infection Control - $35 Per Hour

Mass General Brigham is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Infection Control for a nursing job in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Job Description & Requirements Specialty: Infection Control Discipline: RN Duration: Ongoing 40 hours per week Shift: 8 hours, days Employment Type: Staff At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization.
When determining base pay, we take a comprehensive approach that considers your skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and other critical factors.
The pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications, but it does not encompass all the elements that contribute to your total compensation package.

To qualify you must have: Education: Graduate of an approved school of nursing with current registration as a registered nurse in Massachusetts.
BSN is required for newly licensed nurses.
Required Experience: Minimum of one year of recent (within the last year) clinical nursing experience in a primary care or public health sexually transmitted disease practice Required Experience: Minimum of one year of patient care coordination experience Required Experience Minimum of one year of patient telephone triage experience that includes telephone-based clinical assessment techniques for an ambulatory outpatient setting is required.

Preferred Experience: Team-based care.
Proficiency in EPIC electronic health records.
Ambulatory Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS experience strongly preferred Fluency in Spanish preferred Other: Excellent communication and customer service skills.
Demonstrated excellence in critical thinking skills.
Membership in professional organizations is recommended and certification in Ambulatory Care or ambulatory specialty area is preferred.
Ability to work evening and weekend shift rotations per the MNA contract.
Working in a normal office setting; work entails extended periods of sitting and fast-paced work, phone-based care.


Excellent Care to Patients and Families The Best Staff In the Safest Environment Shift: 40hr variable day Nursing at Brigham and Womens Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do.
We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families.
Thats why were committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level not just as patients, but as individuals to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for.
At BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment.
We work each day to achieve our vision to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment.
Brigham and Womens Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.
We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.
At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.
Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers.
Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field.
Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients.
If you want an enormously fulfilling career, theres no better place to be.
The BWH Infectious Diseases Clinic provides holistic, therapeutic care to the following patient populations: patients with acute infections and chronic infections with a specialty in management of HIV/AIDS in an inclusive and nonjudgmental environment; patients receiving outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT); and patients receiving pre and post HIV exposure; and patients in need of counseling and immunizations for upcoming international travel.

The Infectious Disease Staff Nurse will provide direct and indirect nursing care to patients within the Infectious Diseases Clinic as follows: Work collaboratively with all members of the interdisciplinary Infectious Diseases team to provide evidence based, compassionate care to patients and families Outreach and/triage patients communicating with the Infectious Diseases clinic by telephone or Patient Gateway message in a clear, compassionate, and empathetic manner.
Document the coordination of clinical care including, but not limited to: assisting patients with medication questions, explaining lab results, providing patient education, acting on nurse-driven protocols, participating in prescription management.
Administer medication and vaccines as needed during provider clinic sessions and for patients who have nurse visit appointments or walk in; Work independently based on nurse-driven protocols as indicated.
Conduct nurse visits for practice patients who present for infectious disease related care such as STI testing, medication teaching, medication administration, immunization administration, IV dressing change, OPAT education.
Interpret and evaluate lab results to assess patients clinical response to therapy and assesses overall health care needs.
Case management of patients with HIV patients receiving injectable ART Case management of patients in the OPAT (Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy) program to ensure that initiation and continuity of care are established in patients homes and at rehab facilities.
Communicate regularly with outpatient infusion pharmacies, visiting nurses, and other community partners providing care to patients receiving OPAT to ensure safe administration of antibiotics and to problem solve issues with IV access.
Participate in departmental and organizational quality management and/or quality improvement projects.
Demonstrate proficient use of the electronic medical record.
Perform technical skills including but not limited to: PICC line management and dressing change, blood draw from PICC line, vaccine and IM injections, wound dressing changes, assistance with procedures as requested.
Flexibility and adaptability in a collaborative team-based care model.
Other duties as assigned by the leadership team.
Recruiter: Morgan, Mary Margaret
Mass General Brigham Job ID #3306059.
Posted job title: Staff Nurse, Rn Infection Control - Ambulatory
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