Job Description

• Practices according to entity mandatory requirements.
• Practices according to department expectations.
• Practices with a Customer Service approach to all activities.
• Cares for patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Provides care as part of the interdisciplinary team.
• Utilizes internal and external resources.
• Provides effective patient/family teaching.
• Documents according to entity/department guidelines.
• Administers medications safely.
• Provides care according to best practice standards of care in nursing.
• Identifies signs and symptoms of neglect/abuse and reports as required by law.
• Cares for the terminally ill patient and family.
• Manages the patient with pain.
• Utilizes chemical and physical restraints as per policy.
• Utilizes techniques of time management effectively.
• Provides care respective of patient\'s advance directives.
• Maintains appropriate licenses, certifications, registrations to perform duties of their designated role/positions.
• Addresses the age-specific needs of patients, specifically adolescents, adults, geriatric adults.
• Performs skills safely and according to specific policies/protocols.
• Manages patients with chest drainage devices.
• Manages patients with Intravenous Therapy.
• Uses Electronic Medical Record appropriately and accurately.
• Manages patients receiving epidural analgesia.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in administration and assessment of patient response to cardiac medications.
• Manages patients on telemetry monitoring.
• Responds appropriately in emergency/urgent situations.
• Provides care to post-operative patients.
• Cares for patients with orthopedic diagnoses.
• Other duties may be assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) Licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Maintains BLS certification.
• Successful completion of Medical/Surgical IV Medication Module within 3 months of hire.
• Successful completion of Basic Arrhythmia exam, before hire.
• Bi-Pap Competency within 3 months of hire and then yearly for RNs caring for patients requiring Bi-Pap (MS1 RNs only)

Cape Cod Healthcare