Registered Nurse, NECHV
Boston, MA
Full Time
New England Center and Home for Veterans
Entry Level
Who We Are:
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 10,000 homeless individuals are cared for by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program each year. We are committed to ensuring that every one of these individuals has access to comprehensive health care, from preventative dental care to cancer treatment. Our clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 30 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens.
From our earliest days as a program, we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity; centering dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down barriers, including systemic racism which harms us all. We provide community-based health care services that are compassionate, dignified, and culturally appropriate, incorporating social determinants of health, with the goal of breaking down the physical and systemic barriers that our patients face.
Job Summary:
***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***
Hours: Full Time, 40 hours, Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Union: None
Union Name: n/a
Patient Facing: Yes
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) serves to provide the highest quality healthcare to our community’s most vulnerable and resilient patients. At the New England Center and Home for Veterans (NECHV), BHCHP operates a clinic that provides care for men and women who have served in our Nation’s Armed Forces. The clinic provides care within the emergency shelter, the efficiency apartments and the single room occupancies (SRO). The clinic provides integrated primary care, behavioral health care and urgent care as well as responds to medical emergencies within the Center to a population that often carries the burden of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). Additionally, we run specialty clinics in the treatment of both Hepatitis C and Substance Use disorders.
As a Registered Nurse, you will provide nursing care for clinic patients as part of the multidisciplinary team. This position is crucial to assure that clinically appropriate and timely decisions are made, and actions are taken around patient assessments, administering of medications, treatments and overall patient care. This role includes 32 hours on site at BHCHP's NECHV clinic and 8 hours at another BHCHP outpatient clinic site.
Responsibilities:
Direct Nursing Care
Education and Experience:
***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 10,000 homeless individuals are cared for by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program each year. We are committed to ensuring that every one of these individuals has access to comprehensive health care, from preventative dental care to cancer treatment. Our clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 30 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens.
From our earliest days as a program, we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity; centering dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down barriers, including systemic racism which harms us all. We provide community-based health care services that are compassionate, dignified, and culturally appropriate, incorporating social determinants of health, with the goal of breaking down the physical and systemic barriers that our patients face.
Job Summary:
***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***
Hours: Full Time, 40 hours, Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Union: None
Union Name: n/a
Patient Facing: Yes
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) serves to provide the highest quality healthcare to our community’s most vulnerable and resilient patients. At the New England Center and Home for Veterans (NECHV), BHCHP operates a clinic that provides care for men and women who have served in our Nation’s Armed Forces. The clinic provides care within the emergency shelter, the efficiency apartments and the single room occupancies (SRO). The clinic provides integrated primary care, behavioral health care and urgent care as well as responds to medical emergencies within the Center to a population that often carries the burden of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). Additionally, we run specialty clinics in the treatment of both Hepatitis C and Substance Use disorders.
As a Registered Nurse, you will provide nursing care for clinic patients as part of the multidisciplinary team. This position is crucial to assure that clinically appropriate and timely decisions are made, and actions are taken around patient assessments, administering of medications, treatments and overall patient care. This role includes 32 hours on site at BHCHP's NECHV clinic and 8 hours at another BHCHP outpatient clinic site.
Responsibilities:
Direct Nursing Care
- Direct nursing care to ensure that all needs of the patients are met, in conformance with established policies and procedures, as well as Department of Health rules and regulations
- Provide all nursing related activities in association with primary care clinical operations at BHCHP primary clinic settings: including direct care and nursing case management activities, immunization and screenings
- Provide triage and nursing assessment of walk-in and scheduled patients as directed; provide outreach to patients in their respective programs and housing outside of the clinic located at NECHV
- Responsible for ensuring that the clinic is fully equipped and operational daily; assist patients with management of medications and understanding disease processes
- Responsible for accurate assessments and documentation, reporting to appropriate personnel as indicated (i.e., on-call provider, nurse manager, Site Manager, etc.); responsible for administering medications and treatments to all the patients as assigned by providers as well as skillfully and correctly, documenting per policy. Observe and report any adverse reactions
- Responsible for updating and maintaining accurate treatment records, flow sheets and vaccine administration, documenting per policy; responsible for responding to medical emergencies within the NECHV, activating emergency medical services when indicated
- Knowledge of, or willingness to become proficient in utilizing Harm Reduction Principles to provide non-judgmental clinical support for patients in all phases of recovery from substance use disorders; provides clinical support to case managers/care coordinators for complex care management for a cohort of patients including medication monitoring, review of intake assessments and care plan development
- Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality
- Maintains the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting ensuring that the clinical record for each patient is current and accurate
- Educate patients according to their needs, using nursing knowledge and skills, in such areas as TB, HIV, STIs and medications to promote their physical and mental well-being
- Participate in orientation and in-service training for personnel, student nurses and other health professions as indicated
- Support and attend mandatory in-service education programs as per facility protocol
Education and Experience:
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts RN license
- Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience preferred
- Experience with underserved population preferable
***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***
- The compensation starts at $40.00 per hour and increases based on years of experience.
- BHCHP full time employees are eligible for our competitive time off policy of 4 weeks’ vacation, health, dental and vision insurance, 403B retirement savings plan and employer retirement contribution, and pre-tax MBTA pass program with 40% discount. In addition, eligible employees will receive yearly increases, additional compensation of seven thousand five hundred dollars added to your base hiring rate for demonstrated bilingual proficiency and the opportunity to work with local hospitals and community health centers.
Does this amazing opportunity interest you? Then we'd love to hear from you.
As an equal opportunity employer, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Covid-19 Vaccination: Proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) is optional for employment. Candidates who are offered employment will be given details about how to demonstrate receipt of vaccination if they choose to.
Please Note: Employment at Boston Health Care for the Homeless is at-will. Boston Health Care for the Homeless does not sponsor work authorization visas.
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