About this role
Overview
Community Focused. Care Driven.
Join Southcoast Health, where your future is as promising as the care we provide. Our commitment to each other, our patients, and our community is more than a mission - it’s our way of life, and you’ll be at the heart of it.
Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, health system with multiple hospitals, clinics and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.
Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 7 years in a row!
We are searching for a talented RN for the Med/Surg unit
UP TO $7,200 NEW HIRE SIGN ON BONUS!
Hours: 24hrs
Shift: Evening/Night shift, 7:00pm - 7:00am with weekend and holiday rotation
Location: Charlton Memorial Hospital - Fall River, MA
Welcome to Atwood 3! This is a 45-bed primary surgical nursing unit with subspecialties of general surgery, orthopedics, neurology, gynecology, urology and vascular surgeries along with interventional radiology procedures. We are also a bariatric surgical center of excellence. Our patient population is primarily elective surgical cases that we receive from the recovery room and ranges in age from pediatric through geriatric. We provide basic arrhythmia detection via wireless Telemetry for the surgical patient population. Our average length of stay is 3 days.
*Sign On Details
- $7,200 New Hire Sign On with 3+ years of experience
- $6,000 New Hire Sign On with 1-3 years of experience
- $4,500 New Hire Sign On with less than 1 year of experience
- Rehires termed greater than 1 year are eligible
A career at Southcoast Health offers you:
- A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
- Generous Earned Time Off Package**
- Employee Wellbeing Program
- 403B Retirement Plan with company match
- Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
- Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training
**Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 20 hours.
Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
Under direction of the Manager, Patient Services or designee of individual assigned unit, perform a variety of duties involving coordinating total nursing care for patients, participating in patient and family teaching and providing leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice within an assigned patient care unit. Has knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, which is appropriate to the age group of patients regularly served.Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing or equivalent is required.
- Current RN Licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is required.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is also required.
- Three (3) months experience is preferred.
- Must be fully vaccinated against seasonal Influenza and the COVID 19 virus or to be exempt from the requirement for medical or personal reasons by signing a statement certifying you are choosing to be exempt from vaccination once hired
Compensation: Pay rate will be determined based on level of experience.
Pay Range
USD $42.37 - USD $77.81 /Hr.Other facts
About Southcoast Health System, Inc.
Southcoast Health is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group — Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham; and Southcoast Behavioral Health in Dartmouth, a joint venture with Acadia Healthcare, an international leader in psychiatric and addiction care.
Southcoast provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty and heart rhythm services, comprehensive cancer care, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, orthopedic surgery, advanced imaging services and is the only provider of maternity services in the region.
Southcoast is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the community to provide services. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org. Connect to Southcoast through social media at www.southcoast.org/connect/.
What you'll do
- Coordinate total nursing care for patients and participate in patient and family teaching. Provide leadership by working cooperatively with nursing and other patient team personnel.
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