Registered Nurse, Part-Time

Description As a Registered Nurse (RN) at Fenway Health you will provide compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities, and patient populations. The Registered Nurse’s care delivery is consistent with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of. Professional accountability enriches the RN's engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork.

At Fenway Health the RN will provide quality nursing care to patients consistent with the care philosophy of patient-centeredness, non-judgmental, harm reduction, behavioral health integration, and team-based care. The nurse serves in a clinical leadership role to the care team with primary responsibilities for disease management, care coordination, and advice/triage needs for the care team's panel of patients. The nurse ensures that the team functions smoothly and efficiently while keeping the patients' well-being paramount.

The RN will set a positive example of nursing for all Fenway Health staff, residents, and visiting learners; and will always conduct their self in a respectful, courteous, and professional manner consistent with the Fenway Health Mission “to enhance the wellbeing of the LGBTQIA+ community and all people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research, and advocacy.” The schedule is based on clinic needs and may include covering evening and Saturday clinics on a rotating basis.

Nursing Core Values (CARE) Nursing embraces core values that serve as a foundation for the delivery of quality patient care: C ommitment to patient- and family-centered care. A ccountability to support each other in providing excellent care and outcomes. R ealizing professional practice as an engaged and thriving staff. E xcellence in nursing practice through our commitment to performance improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.

Nursing’s Independent Scope of Practice: ANA Social Policy Statement, 3rd edition Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities Collaborates with the patient’s provider, specialist providers, and other members of the care team to improve patient outcomes through a patient-centered care plan incorporating patient engagement and education to promote health and prevent injury, illness, and disease exacerbation. Provides competent, compassionate nursing care based on the nursing process, clinical reasoning, objective scientific principles, and the patient’s subjective…

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