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Join us at Holy Family Hospital

Our two campuses in Methuen and Haverhill have a total of 320 beds, and we are a full-service, acute care hospital offering comprehensive inpatient medical/surgical units, outpatient care, and 24/7 emergency services. We have three behavioral health units: cardiac telemetry, and critical care service lines. Our Haverhill campus offers all private rooms, and our Methuen campus offers a new state-of-the-art catheterization suite and Joint Center of Excellence, named as a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction+ Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.

Position Summary:

Provides nursing care that has as its ultimate concern supporting the total person and promoting adaptation of the individual. This is accomplished by counseling, teaching, direct care, and collaboration/consultation with other health care professionals. The Nurse meets patient needs in accordance with the Nursing Division's philosophy, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities:

+ Provides superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the Service Excellence Standards.

+ Utilizes the nursing process in providing nursing care of patients through:

+ Assessing and reassessing patients and families.

+ Planning the process of nursing care.

+ Implementing and/or directing delivery of nursing care.

+ Evaluating care delivered.

+ Practices and promotes nursing care within professional standards.

+ Practices and promotes nursing care within legal standards.

+ Practices and promotes nursing care within ethical standards.

+ Provides patient teaching to patient and/or family.

+ Orients all level of Nursing division personnel, and nursing students.

+ Participates in unit-based educational programs.

+ Takes responsibility for own learning.

+ Demonstrates effective leadership skills.

+ Supports and collaborates in the Medical Center Performance Improvement plan through unit quality improvement/quality control activities.

+ Utilizes current research in area of clinical practice.

+ Complies with patient safety goals as set forth by the Medical Center.

Qualifications:

+ Minimum Education:

+ + Nursing Degree Required

+ Minimum Experience:

+ + Six months clinical experience required.

+ Must have 1 year of Renal Dialysis experience.

+ Minimum skills/abilities:

+ Certification/Licensure:

+ + Current licensure in Massachusetts as a Registered Nurse.

+ BLS Required