Field Based Home Infusion RN

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

The Home Infusion Nurse creates & develops patient care plans to direct the safe and appropriate administration of medication in the home or alternate site setting. Working with Home Infusion staff the Home Infusion Nurse helps identify patients capable of successful self-administration, educates patients & caregivers on proper administration techniques & methods, coordinates discharge activities, administers or supervises administration of medication, provides IV site dressing care and phlebotomy services as ordered.

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Practices in accordance with the state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including but not limited to Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, Department of Public Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the United States Pharmacopeia.

2. Assesses patient needs and capabilities for acceptance onto services for ordered therapies through physical assessment, chart review, patient interview.

3. Provides education with patient & caregiver as a condition of acceptance onto home infusion services (in person, via prerecorded videos or teleconference).

4. Collects necessary authorizations, paperwork, signatures when needed to support patient billing functions.

5. Effectively communicates with all members of patient discharge team (hospital based & pharmacy based).

6. Able to effectively manage patient census & demonstrate flexibility in scheduling to meet time sensitive patient needs.

7. Adheres to policies & procedures for medication handling, preparation, administration, disposal.

8. Advocates patient needs to prescribers or other clinicians through written or verbal communication.

9. Create patient specific care plan, documents patient progress towards goals.

10. Maintains accurate listing of all medications, supplements & diagnoses patient has.

11. Create discharge plan for patient upon completions of therapy as ordered, or if abrupt discontinuation is required.

12. Trains & mentors' staff.

13. Participates in continuous quality control exercises, policy & procedure review, performance improvement tasks.

14. Take part in clinical on-call rotation for after-hours patient support.

Required Qualifications:

1. Current licensure from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.

2. Flexibility with hours worked to provide support evenings/weekends/holidays.

3. Current BLS certification

4. Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience in acute care, home infusion, infusion clinic, and/or IV access nursing

5. Valid Driver’s license & auto insurance

Preferred Qualifications:

1. CRNI certification

2. Current ACLS certification

Competencies:

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.

• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.

• Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.

• Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.

• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with staff, patients, families and external customers.

• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.

• Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.

• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

• Adaptability:  Ability to work in a fast paced environment and adapt to acute change.

Social/Environmental Requirements:

Health Care Status: HCW 3: Regular provision of service in a patient care area.

Sensory Requirements:

Close work (paperwork, visual examination), Color vision/perception, Visual monotony, Visual clarity feet, Conversation, Monitoring Equipment, Telephone, and Background Noise.

Physical Requirements:

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

This job requires constant walking, Endurance-working up to 4-6 hours without a break, frequent sitting, standing, twisting neck, twisting waist, Keyboard use, Reaching-above shoulder height, Reaching-below shoulder height, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 10 lbs, pushing items weighing up to 10 lbs. There may be occasional bending neck, bending waist, Fine Manipulation using both hands, Pushing/Pulling using both hands.

Pay Range:

$37.00 - $66.70

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

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) as a condition of employment.

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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