Open position

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Part time

Work Shift: Night (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

8K sign on eligible

We are looking for a RN to join our team at BayRidge. BayRidge is our 64 bed Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital located in Lynn, MA! Assumes responsibility for providing skilled, creative, high quality nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care from admission to discharge.  Collaborates with other nursing staff and other allied disciplines to ensure that a safe and therapeutic environment is maintained for all patients.

About the Job

Assumes responsibility for providing skilled, creative, high quality nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care on a 24 hour basis from admission to discharge. 

Schedule- 24 hours/week, 8 hour day shifts

Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities:

• Assess, plan and implement care on all observed symptoms, reactions, treatments, and changes in the patient’s status. Report and record any findings to the MD and charge nurse
• Perform the role of medical nurse when assigned, assist the consulting internist and Nurse Practitioner with exams and perform treatments, tests and procedures as ordered
• Monitor the patient milieu for safety issues and assist with promoting a positive therapeutic environment
• Respond to patient care needs and issues, assist patients with personal hygiene and other activities of daily living. Collaborate with and direct other nursing staff to assist with any patient nursing needs
• Admit, discharge and transfer patients to and from department/unit ensuring that patient safety is addressed and monitor patient valuables during belongings search
• Participate in treatment team meetings and develop plans of care
• Administer medications to assigned patients and monitor effectiveness
• Maintain yearly/biyearly requirements of CPR and Aggression Management
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in nursing preferred from an accredited school of nursing 
• Current professional license registration (RN license) in Massachusetts
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Exhibits ability to be competent in the following areas
• Psychotropic medication administration and monitoring
• Drug and alcohol withdrawal
• De-escalation/Restraint Management
• Work cooperatively and effectively with others and ability to adapt to changes in the workplace
• Must be fluent in English (verbal and written)

About Us

Welcome to BayRidge Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health. BayRidge Hospital provides psychiatric services to the residents of the North Shore and greater Lynn communities. BayRidge Hospital provides accessible, high-quality substance abuse and mental health treatment. The 62-bed psychiatric hospital in Lynn offers a continuum of psychiatric and chemical dependency services on an inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient basis.

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) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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.

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