Staff Nurse - BWH Kraft Family Blood Donor Center

Staff Nurse / 32 Hours Variable Rotation / BWH Kraft Family Blood Donor Center

Excellent Care to Patients and Familie

• The Best Staff

• In the Safest Environment

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, 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 Staff Nurse will be responsible for:

• Providing care for donors and patients in the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center
• Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment.
• Following the donor selection criteria of the departmental Standard Operating Procedures, interviews donors to determine eligibility, conducts the medical history and physical examination. Provides the donor with opportunity to ask questions and provides explanation to assure donor understanding.
• Follows established criteria for the temporary/permanent deferral of donors to prevent inadvertent collection from a donor who is ineligible. Refers problems or questions of donor suitability to Medical Director designee.
• Obtains and/or documents Informed Consent of a blood or platelet donor prior to collection; explains elements of donation procedure including information on risks of procedure and tests performed.
• Follows infection control standards in preparation of the phlebotomy site
• Maintains continuity of donor identification by carefully labeling of all collection bags and pilot tubes and assuring volume collected is appropriate.
• Observes donors/patients for adverse reaction to phlebotomy or procedure. Takes appropriate action as required.
• Performs the following procedures according to departmental Standard Operating Procedures and clinical practice standards-
  • Collection of whole blood
  • Therapeutic phlebotomies.
  • Platelet Pheresis
• Employee may be occasionally assigned to work on mobile blood drives at locations throughout Massachusetts and must have access to transportation to blood drive locations.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the operation and maintenance standards for pheresis equipment and other equipment used in the department.
• Uses the LifeTrak system for documentation of donor visits

Qualifications

To qualify you must have:

• Education: Graduate of an approved school of nursing with current registration in Massachusetts. Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is required for newly licensed nurses and external candidates.
• Experience: A minimum of two years of nursing experience in a donor room, apheresis or dialysis is preferred. This experience must be recent - within the past 5 years.
• Leadership experience as Charge Nurse or equivalent in the last 5 years required.
• Proven ability to work well independently, possess sound decision-making skills and work effectively when required to make and facilitate complex decisions.
• Other: Membership in professional organizations is recommended and certification in a specialty area is encouraged.
• Able to work weekend rotation per the MNA contract
• Flexibility in scheduling to meet the needs of the department; including day, evening, and weekend shifts as well as being assigned to the blood mobile.
• Experienced phlebotomy or IV skills required.
• Exceptional customer service skills.

EEO Statement

Brigham and Women's Hospital is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.