RN - Primary Care

Location: CHA Cambridge Family Health North 

Work Days: 36  

Category: Registered Nurse  

Department: Cambridge Family Health North  

Job Type: Full time  

Work Shift: Various Shifts 

Hours/Week: 36.00 

Union Name: MNA Cambridge

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a leader in Primary Care, supporting a highly diverse population across the Boston metro-north region. Today, CHA serves more than 120,000 primary care patients during more than 300,000 annual visits. Services are available at 13 primary care centers, 3 teen health centers, via telehealth, and through some very special programs, right in patient homes. As a member of CHA Primary Care, you will be part of a dynamic team that values creativity and innovation. You will help deliver care across the entire spectrum of primary care – with internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics and women’s health services. You will be in a team-based setting, where primary care works hand-in-hand with behavioral health, pharmacy, complex care and multilingual interpreter services. CHA is also a teaching hospital, with several primary care centers hosting CHA’s Harvard Internal Medicine residency and Tufts Family Medicine residency. 

Newly hired RNs, with experience in the specialty, interested in committing to a minimum of two years of employment at Cambridge Health Alliance, may be eligible to receive a sign on and retention bonus of $10,000. Part-time employees may be eligible for a prorated retention bonus. Please speak with your HR Advisor for details. 

Summary: The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for planning and providing patient care for patients in accordance with established Nursing Standards of Care. They demonstrate initiative, knowledge and clinical skills in caring for patients with complex needs. They effectively manage patients by assuming full responsibility for the assessment, plan, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. 

Qualifications/Requirements:
Education/Training: A graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN Preferred.
Licensure: MA RN Licensure required
Certifications: Maintains current American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS
Work Experience: A minimum of two years current ambulatory nursing required. In addition, pediatric and OB/GYN experience is required for family sites.
Linguistic Capabilities: Ability to speak a second language preferred.   

 
In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.