Job Description

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Melrose Wakefield Healthcare is hiring a skilled Registered Nurse (RN) to join our passionate team of caregivers in north suburban Boston. Our DAISY award winning team offers a shared-governance model, a professional RN development program, tuition reimbursement referral bonuses, and much more.  

39 bed Med Surg/Tele Unit  

This unit cares primarily for adult acute care patients who have a wide variety of diagnosis and co-morbidities. Patients most commonly have cardiac and medical conditions but may also be post-surgical.  Common medical diagnoses are chest pain, pneumonia, renal failure, COPD, CHF, atrial fibrillation, GI bleed and syncope. Post pacemaker and Cardiac Cath/PCI patients can be placed here as well. These patients require telemetry monitoring.   

Medical 5 encourages staff involvement in shared governance and continued professional growth.  It has been recognized as the Daisy Team of the Year.  This unit includes a variety of new graduates and experienced nurses who collaborate with multidiscipline to provide high quality care.  

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provide quality care to patients and their families. 
• Assess, plan, and evaluate care for a complex patient population. 
• Respond to a full range of health and illnesses. 
• Adhere to the Board of Registration in Nursing rules and regulations.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. 
• Baccalaureate degree in nursing preferred. 
• Candidates without bachelor’s degree in nursing will be considered but must be enrolled in Baccalaureate program within 1 year of hire. 
• Valid Massachusetts RN license. 
• CPR.
• ACLS Certification preferred upon hired but required within 6 months of hire.
• Training is provided

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES STATEMENT:

Must be able to perform all essential functions of this position with reasonable accommodation if disabled.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. MelroseWakefield Healthcare reserves the right to modify position duties at any time, to reflect process improvements and business necessity.

COVID-19 POLICY:

Please note that effective October 1, 2021, as a condition of employment at MelroseWakefield, all employees and new hires must have received their complete dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, unless they have been granted an exemption.