Simulation Lab Jobs in Boston, MA (NOW HIRING)

Excellent care to patients and families • The best staff • In the safest environment

A $750.00 sign on bonus is being offered to eligible new employees hired prior to 6/30/2023 in our PCA positions

Nursing at Brigham and Women's Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That's why we're committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level - not just as patients, but as individuals - to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for.

At BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision - to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment.

Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents - a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception - physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there's no better place to be.

Brigham and Women's Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

The PCA will be responsible for:

• Providing direct and indirect care for patients by assisting RNs with clinical tasks and responding to the needs of patients and family members and taking a proactive role in the efficient operation of the unit.
• Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment.
• Remotely monitor the safety of multiple patients at a time utilizing continuous virtual monitoring system
• Make patient assignments for the continuous virtual monitoring staff and be able to identify when a patient assignment may need to change
• Work collaboratively with the PCAs in the continuous virtual monitoring room to ensure the safety of the patients
• Be able to communicate effectively with the Nurse Administrators regarding patients on continuous virtual monitoring at both BWH and BWHF
• Attend all non-emergent central line placements as an observer to ensure that the provider uses sterile technique
• Be able to recognize breaks in sterile technique and communicate that with the physician placing the line
• Document and attest to observing sterile technique for central line placement in EPIC

To qualify you must have:

• Certification as a CNA, PCT, MA, EMT or commensurate experience required, unless incumbent is a nursing student who has completed her/his fundamentals of nursing with a clinical component (clinical rotation or simulation lab). For nursing students hired as PCAs, strongly prefer nursing students enrolled in BSN programs or direct-entry Masters' programs.
• Nursing student who has completed her/his fundamentals of nursing with a clinical component (clinical rotation or simulation lab). For nursing students hired as PCAs, strongly prefer nursing students enrolled in BSN programs or direct-entry Masters' programs.
• Bi-lingual skills preferred.
• Prior experience in a clinical setting preferred.
• Phlebotomy experience preferred
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• May not currently hold a valid nursing license.

Brigham and Women's Hospital I CARE Standards

The I CARE Standards guide me in my interactions with patients, family members, visitors, colleagues, and neighbors in my workplace and surrounding community to optimize the Brigham experience and help fulfill my role in our mission of providing seamless, high quality patient and family centered care.

C. I will Communicate my commitment to high quality performance

A. I will Appear and act as a professional

R. I will Respect all individuals

E. I will Extend myself