When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Reporting directly to the Hospital at Home Director of Nursing, the Hospital at Home Staff RN provides high-quality patient care to acute patient admitted to the BILH Hospital at Home program. The program delivers innovative inpatient-level care to patients in the comfort of their homes, allowing nurses to build meaningful one-on-one patient relationships while practicing at the top of their license in a highly autonomous clinical environment.
In addition to providing patient care in homes the Hospital at Home Staff RN will rotate through some shifts providing virtual nursing in a centralized command center located in Charlestown. This position combines hands-on patient care, technology-enabled monitoring, interdisciplinary collaboration, and acute-care clinical decision-making. This role offers a dynamic alternative to traditional hospital-based nursing.
This role is well suited for nurses seeking greater autonomy, meaningful patient relationships, innovative care delivery, and an alternative to the traditional inpatient setting. We welcome candidates from a wide variety of clinical backgrounds. We offer comprehensive Day 1 benefits, including competitive mileage reimbursement.
Job Description:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:
Utilizing monitoring, assessment, planning, intervention and critical thinking skills to care for acute care patient populations in the home
Navigating patients and families across the continuum of care
Monitoring and responding to biometric data per Hospital at Home Command Center protocols
Conducting audio/visual patient care visits as directed by the care team and/or protocol
Ensuring all interventions in the patient’s care plan are implemented efficiently with a patient centered approach
Leveraging the resources and expertise of supplier partners to implement collaborative workflows, standards, policies, protocols, guidelines and documentation systems to support safe, reliable, high-quality, evidence-based care with clinical protocols as the foundation
Adhering to the clinical protocols and be willing to obtain the necessary training to provide care within the context of the providing evidence-based care
Promoting professional practice and a culture of safety; willingness to engage in process improvement efforts
Clinical Roles and Responsibilities:
Providing protocol driven assessment, care coordination and interventions as appropriate informed by Hospital at Home protocols for diverse patient populations with a focus on oncology, medicine and post- operative care
Exhibiting sound clinical decision making and critical thinking skills
Maintain and practice in accordance with nursing guidelines per state and hospital regulations
Facilitating admissions to l Hospital at Home utilizing Hospital at Home guidelines
Serving as a role model for professional nursing practice
Utilizing nursing knowledge to identify, prevent and/or solve complex acute and/or recurring patient care problems
Sharing expertise with the multidisciplinary team and serve as a resource to staff in area(s) of expertise
Supporting research efforts to advance knowledge and promote evidence-based practice
Preforming other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Director of Nursing
Quality and Safety Responsibilities:
Ensure compliance with reporting requirements for Sentinel Events and Serious Incidents
Participate in quality and safety investigations and root cause analyses
Take appropriate action to ensure patient safety as a result of any investigation; and
Serve as a resource in quality improvement processes and technique
Organizational Requirements:
Maintains strict adherence to the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Confidentiality Policy.
Incorporates Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Guiding Principles, Mission Statement and Goals into daily activities.
Complies with all…