Tufts Medical Center is recognized by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® for excellence in nursing. Magnet® recognition is the highest and most prestigious credential a health care organization can achieve for nursing excellence and quality patient care. Magnet® recognition signals to nurses that the organization is committed to nursing.
The nurses at Tufts Medical Center are integral to everything we do. They are often the ones patients interact with first, and sometimes the ones they interact with the most. It’s a critically important role, so our nurses are well-supported, well-respected, and very well-appreciated!
There’s an intensity and a pace to be embraced. You will have responsibility and accountability the minute you pull on the scrubs. You need to be the kind of person who gives everything you've got. Our patients deserve the best. Our nurses give it to them.
The Center for Wound, Vascular, and Hyperbaric Medicine at Tufts Medical Center is an ambulatory clinic serving a medically and socially complex patient population. We strive to provide the highest quality of individualized patient care in a collaborative setting. Our multidisciplinary team of physicians (including vascular surgery, infectious disease, dermatology, and podiatry) allows for excellent continuity of care and service for our patients, and all of the RNs in our clinic are certified in wound care within 1 year of hire.
Our team cares for patients with a myriad of complex wounds including traumatic wounds, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, and arterial ulcers. We utilize a wide range of strategies for management of these wounds in the clinic, including high quality topical wound care with specialized dressings, negative pressure therapy, artificial skin substitutes, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. We have two monoplace hyperbaric chambers that are operated by our specially trained nurses and hyperbaric techs. Professional development is highly valued in our clinic, and there are opportunities to get involved in research as well as opportunities for continuing education. The Wound Center staff excels at taking a team approach, maintaining the high quality, evidence-based care, and keeping our patients at the center of everything we do.
Position/Job Title: Day Shifts - 20 Hours
Job Profile Summary
This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Clinical Nurse duties: Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients or provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the scope of practice for achievement of the patient’s plan of care as directed. Provides professional nursing care to patients. Requires a nursing license. A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. A senior level role that requires advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Typically responsible for: managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision, coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals, resolving difficult and sometimes complex problems.
Job Overview
The professional registered nurse possesses and applies the skills and knowledge necessary for the delivery and management of patient care from admission through discharge. The professional registered nurse is knowledgeable of current trends in healthcare including but not limited to advances in technology, pharmacology, treatment care modalities, quality and patient safety. The professional registered nurse serves as a patient and family advocate while facilitating a cooperative and collaborative environment among all health care providers. The professional registered nurse is responsible for the planning, delivery and management of patient/family centered care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice embedded in research, evidence based practice and/or best practices. The professional registered nurse at Tufts Medical Center provides clinical excellence, which fosters and supports an environment central to our patient and family centered model of care.
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Registered Nurse (RN) license or license eligible.
2. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
2. Specialty Nursing certifications.
