Company Description

MelroseWakefield Healthcare is a coordinated system of hospitals, physician practices and community-based services providing care for communities throughout north suburban Boston. We are distinguished by the range of clinical care and services we provide locally for the continuum of care in clinical collaboration with Tufts Medical Center, as well as an affiliation with the Lawrence Memorial. Our focus is simple: a better approach to providing health care, we bring together top-quality primary, emergency and specialty care, locally. Everything you and your family need, right in your neighborhood to be your best healthy.

Job Description

• A registered nurse holds ultimate responsibility for the provision of nursing care to patients and their families in a variety of settings.
• These responsibilities include assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a complex patient population.
• The nurse attends to the full range of human experiences and responses to health and illness, without restriction.
• The nurse utilizes a problem focused orientation; integrates objective data with knowledge gained from an understanding of the patient’s or group’s subjective experiences; applies scientific knowledge to the process of diagnosis and treatment; and provides a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.
• The Registered Nurse adheres to the Board of Registration in Nursing rules and regulations, ANA scope and standards of nursing, the ANA code of ethics for nursing, MelroseWakefield Healthcare policies and procedures and other regulatory stipulations.
• In collaboration with the nurse director, assists in the coordination of patient care services for area(s) of responsibility.

Qualifications

EDUCATION:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Baccalaureate degree in nursing strongly preferred. Candidates who have an associate’s degree in nursing may be considered but must be enrolled in a Baccalaureate program within 1 year of hire.
• Current employees (in position prior to January 1, 2011) who do not hold an associate’s degree in nursing will be grandfathered.
• Registration and current RN licensure in the state of MA in good standing required.
• Professional certification highly encouraged.
• CPR certification required unless ACLS certified.
• ACLS is required for certain patient populations.

EXPERIENCE:

• Health-care and medical/surgical experience strongly preferred.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Good interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with detailed, confidential material, computer experience required.

Additional Information

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.