Required Skills/Qualifications/Training/Experience:

• Minimum of  2 years of acute care experience
• New Graduate Nurses accepted for some positions

• Excellent communication and customer services skills required

• Successful completion of orientation and annual competencies.

Preferred Skills/Qualifications/Training/Experience:

• Must meet all criteria associated with responsibilities detailed in this document and the core and unit-specific competencies for RNs;
• Must possess excellent interpersonal communication skills, command of verbal and written English; positive and good organizational skills, and adaptability, creating a favorable image in relationship to the Nursing department and the hospital as a whole;
• Must develop and maintain positive relationships across all areas of responsibility;
• Must visibly demonstrate commitment to customer relations and all basic concepts of continuous quality improvement and preventing error from reaching the patient;
• Provides timely, positive responses to the needs of all customers including patients, families, co-workers and physicians.

Educational Requirements:

• Successful completion of appropriate pretest/ exams, classroom orientation and precepted clinical orientation;
• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing is preferred.

License/Certification:

• Current Massachusetts state RN license
• Documentation of ongoing clinical competencies and continuing education
• All RNs must have current BLS certification
• In addition to BLS, Telemetry, ICU, ECC, OR, and PACU RNs must have ACLS certification
• In addition to BLS and ACLS, LDRP RNs must have NRP certification
• ECC and PACU RNs must have PALS certification.

Age Specific Criteria:

Ability to effectively communicate to all age levels served within the scope of the position/assigned areas.

Ability to Meet Job Performance Expectations:

Must have the ability to perform the essential functions of the position without posing a direct threat to the health and safety of themselves or other individuals in the workplace, with or without a reasonable accommodation.