Beth Israel Lahey Health·Boston, Massachusetts
Provides direct patient care by assessing health needs, formulating care plans, and coordinating with the healthcare team. Ensures safe, effective, and patient-centered care while maintaining clinical competencies and professional standards.
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Farr 9 is a fast paced 34 bed acute care general medical unit with telemetry.
Patient population is complex with a wide range of acute and chronic diagnosis including patients with Eating disorders, COPD, Diabetes, and Sepsis.
Patient’s often with multiple comorbidities with complex social and/or psychiatric disorders.
Patients with varied ages ranging from 18-100’s must be able to work with an energetic team on this busy unit.
The BIDMC Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art & science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities. The Clinical Nurse I utilizes the nursing process as the frame of reference for practice as a professional registered nurse and provides direct patient care to patients and families. This is an entry-level nursing position for new graduate nurses. Training, evaluation and competencies for this role are overseen by a Nurse Leader to the department.
As a Clinical Nurse I, you will be automatically enrolled in our Transition to Practice: Nurse Residency Program.
This program consists of a 12-month curriculum designed to complement and enhance your unit-based, precepted clinical orientation.
Together, these elements empower newly licensed nurses to successfully transition into clinical practice, using a structured, evidence-based approach.
The curriculum is a blend of monthly seminars in a classroom setting and hands-on precepted work experiences.
The monthly seminar sessions are presented by expert facilitators that will help you develop critical thinking skills and hone your clinical competence.
Didactic presentations are blended with opportunities for you to reflect on your own clinical experiences and to receive feedback and guidance as you chart your professional growth.
Decision
Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
Problem
Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
Independence of
Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.
Written
Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
Oral
Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and a valid Registered Nurse license. Must hold a Basic Life Support certificate and have 0-1 years of related work experience.
Market context
Massachusetts hospitals often seek new graduate RNs for telemetry and medical-surgical units, so nurse residency roles can be a common entry point into acute care. These positions are competitive because employers usually want a BSN, an active RN license, and BLS, along with readiness for rotating schedules and patient monitoring. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then tailor your application to highlight clinical rotations, teamwork, and comfort with telemetry workflows.