Job Requirements
Minimum Education
- Associate’s degree in Nursing required
Required Licenses
- Current RN registration in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- AHA ACLS
Minimum Work Experience
- Previous experience in management and / or leadership role
- Three - four years acute care experience preferred
Required Skills
- Leadership attributes and decision-making skills
Functional Demands
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands).
Essential Functions
- Responds immediately to critical events
- Provides leadership and follow – up during critical events such as code blue, code red and code 100.
- Provides appropriate follow – up (i.e. staff education, documentation, family / staff support, etc.)
- Adjusts staffing levels to ensure the highest level of patient care.
- Evaluates staffing needs continuously and adjusts as necessary to meet the needs of the patient for the current and next shifts.
- Functions as a clinical and administrative resource for the nursing staff.
- Functions as a clinical and administrative resource for the nursing staff.
- Provides clinical consultation, advice and education.
- Assists staff with problems.
- Completes all employee performance evaluations by evaluation due dates.
- Assists staff with conflict resolution (i.e. staff / physician, patient / physician, staff / staff).
- Mediates conflict.
- Reports and communicates situation appropriately.
- Advocates for patients, families, and staff.
- Intervenes on patient / staff behalf.
- Supports patients’ rights.
- Supports other departments to meet patient needs.
- Maintains operations of other departments during non-operating hours.
- Functions as an administrative resource for other departments during non-operative hours.
Statement of Other Duties:
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
Job Start Date: 07/13/2026
Shift Information: 20 - 22 hours, varying shifts, every 3rd weekend and holiday. Work week is Monday through Sunday
