Stepdown Nurse
Framingham, Massachusetts
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct clinical patient care, including assessing, planning, and implementing care for assigned patients on a shift basis.
Posted Aug 21
- Unit and setting
- Stepdown · Hospital Stepdown Nurse
- License
- RN license Current licensure, certification, or registration as required by lawlicensure, certification, or registration as required by law
Do you qualify?
- License
- licensure, certification, or registration as required by law Current licensure, certification, or registration as required by law
- Certification
- CPR certification
- Education
- accredited nursing school graduation Graduation from an accredited nursing school
Preferred
- Education
- bachelor's or master's degree in nursing Preferred: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in nursing
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- direct clinical patient care, assessing, planning, and implementing care The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct clinical patient care, including assessing, planning, and implementing care for assigned patients on a shift basis.
- Day to day
- supervise staff and support CNO in maintaining clinical competency and resource management They supervise staff to ensure high-quality, safe, and appropriate care, supporting the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in maintaining clinical competency and resource management.
- Day to day
- coordinate patient care according to established standards and protocols
- Day to day
- emergency preparedness and fulfilling HICS duties They are responsible for emergency preparedness, including fulfilling hospital incident command system (HICS) duties and understanding emergency codes.
- Day to day
- provide safe, cost-effective nursing care Providing safe, cost-effective nursing care
- Day to day
- coordinate and plan patient care within medical protocols Coordinating and planning patient care within medical protocols
- Day to day
- supervise staff and delegate appropriate tasks Supervising staff and delegating appropriate tasks
- Day to day
- ensure compliance with safety, infection control, and quality standards Ensuring compliance with safety, infection control, and quality standards
- Day to day
- participate in emergency response and hospital incident management Participating in emergency response and hospital incident management
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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Role
Summary
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct clinical patient care, including assessing, planning, and implementing care for assigned patients on a shift basis.
They supervise staff to ensure high-quality, safe, and appropriate care, supporting the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in maintaining clinical competency and resource management.
The RN coordinates patient care according to established standards, safety protocols, risk management, quality improvement, and infection control, aiming for optimal patient outcomes.
They are responsible for emergency preparedness, including fulfilling hospital incident command system (HICS) duties and understanding emergency codes.
The role involves performing related duties as required to support hospital operations.
Qualifications & Skills
- Graduation from an accredited nursing school
- Current licensure, certification, or registration as required by law
- CPR certification
- Preferred: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in nursing
Key
Duties
- Providing safe, cost-effective nursing care
- Coordinating and planning patient care within medical protocols
- Supervising staff and delegating appropriate tasks
- Ensuring compliance with safety, infection control, and quality standards
- Participating in emergency response and hospital incident management
What's around it?
Framingham, MAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 6% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,033/mo
- Household income
- $107,419/yr, all local households, not nurse pay