Urgent Need! Traige RN for Migrant Family Home in Lowell. 70$ M-F 9a-5p
Legacy Care Group is providing staffing support to Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) who is operating the Migrant Family Home.
CCA partners with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to provide supportive temporary emergency shelter to families under the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities’ Emergency Assistance program. The shelter program is part of the Commonwealth’s response to a rapidly growing number of unhoused families, including thousands of families migrating from Haiti due to natural disasters and civil unrest, whose primary language is Haitian Creole. CCA and partners provide linguistically and culturally appropriate case management and nurse triage support, connecting families with services such as insurance, health care, nutrition assistance, schools, daycare, immigration legal aid, as well as pathways to work and housing navigation. There are 200+ migrant families at the Lowell location with a large percentage being Haitian Creole speaking. There are 2 RN's on every shift.
Position: Registered Nurse
Schedule: 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri (full time & part time available). Opportunity to pick up OT on occasion on weekends.
Pay: $70/hr.
OT/Holiday: Time and a half for holidays and OT.
Location: Lowell. 50 Warren Street, Lowell, MA, USA
RN duties: Basic check-in - assessment, triage, referrals as needed. RN's will be under the direction of the site manager. Must be comfortable treating all ages.
Other: Bilingual Haitian Creole & English required
Length of work is temporary.
We are looking for those who are passionate about being part of the solution by providing essential care to migrant families in need during this critical time.
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
- Massachusetts licensure as a registered nurse.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- 2+ years clinical experience required
- 2+ years of clinical community experience
- Computer skills required, preferably with Word, Excel and Access.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong patient communication and patient education skills.
- Ability to be highly organized, detail-oriented and timely.
- Ability to work productively across academic clinical departments.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Initial assessment and intake obtaining social, medical and mental health
- Manages milieu and calming/reassuring patients who are anxious, distressed, agitated.
- Provide triage as needed
- Review intake assessment with nursing team and provider and establish appropriate plan of care for patient
- Collaboration, communication, and meetings with team as needed and required
- Assesses patients for safety and seeks assistance as needed
- Utilizes clinic space and resources to support patient needs
- Ongoing management of patients receiving medications
8-hour shifts: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
Rate: $70/hr
