Registered Nurse -ORL Clinic

@ Boston Children's Hospital
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Registered Nurse -ORL Clinic

Boston, MA
Posted 2 days ago

About the job

The Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement provides outpatient and surgical care to children and young adults, performing over 6,000 surgeries yearly and caring for 63,000+ patients annually in Boston and clinic sites.

Requirements

  • BSc Nursing degree
  • Minimum 1 year nursing experience
  • Experience with airway management
  • Ability to work rotating shifts
  • Strong patient and family communication

Qualifications

  • MA RN license
  • Pediatric nursing experience preferred
  • Experience with tracheostomies a plus
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work in fast-paced environment

Full job description

Department Summary:
The Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement provides outpatient and surgical care for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with a wide variety of congenital and acquired conditions of the head and neck. We specialize in treating conditions ranging from airway obstruction and thyroglossal duct cysts to chronic ear and sinus infections. We treat more patients and have more experience than any other pediatric otolaryngology program. Each year, we care for more than 25,000 otolaryngology patients and over 38,000 communication enhancement patients in Boston and at our five suburban clinic sites. Our surgical team performs more than 6,000 surgical procedures.

Key responsibilities:
  • Working in a fast-paced specialty clinic caring for surgical and medical illnesses of varying levels of complexity.
  • Rotating primarily between the Boston, Waltham and Needham ORL clinics, and other satellites as needed.
  • Providing patient care in the ORL Clinic, including assisting with ambulatory ORL procedures.
  • Answering and triaging calls from patients and families.
  • Providing pre-operative and post-operative evaluations for patients with patients/families.
  • Working 4- 10 hour shifts Mon-Fri rotating between Boston and Waltham clinics.

Minimum qualifications:
Education:
  • A Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Experience:
  • A minimum of 1 year of nursing experience (pediatrics preferred).
  • Experience with tracheostomies and general airway management preferred.
Licenses:
  • MA RN license

The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

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