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Certified Nursing Assistant - BWFH

Based Patient Care Team, the unit secretary performs a wide range of secretarial duties and coordinates unit/floor procedure to ensure professional and efficient operation of the department in providing quality patient care. Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc. is a community hospital.

Posted Oct 9

Shift and hours
Nights · rotating · 8-⁠hour shifts minimum Night (United States of America) Rotating (United States of America) 8 hour shifts minimum40 scheduled weekly hours
Unit and setting
7 North · Hospital
License
CNA license
Term
Starts Oct 6, 2026 · Per Diem Part-time, per diem

Do you qualify?

License
Certified Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Technician (CNA/PCT) credential Certified Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Technician [CNA/PCT] - Data Conversion - Various Issuers required
Certification
HeartSaver CPR AED, American Heart Association HeartSaver CPR AED - American Heart Association (AHA) required
Also asks
high school diploma or equivalent High School Diploma or Equivalent required
Also asks
completed approved nursing assistant training program Successful completion of an approved nursing assistant training program.
Also asks
pass clinical competency, basic math and reading testing Ability to pass clinical competency, basic math, and reading testing.
Also asks
speak, read and write English Ability to effectively speak, read, and write using the English language.
Also asks
push, transfer and pull heavy loads throughout assigned shift Physical ability to push, transfer, and pull heavy loads throughout assigned shift.

What it pays

Extra pay
differentials, premiums and bonuses we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable
Pay reviews
offer varies with skills, relevant experience, education and certifications
Pay reviews
base pay range is an estimate based on minimum job qualifications The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications

Benefits

  • Benefitscomprehensive benefitswe offer comprehensive benefits
  • career advancement opportunities
  • differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable

The role and schedule

Precepting
You would precept other nurses Orients or precepts new personnel as assigned
Charge
Charge shifts are part of the role
Charting
Meditech Utilizes Meditech system to: access and update administrative data screens
Union
SEIU 1199 union (SF1 - BWFH) SF1 - BWFH SEIU 1199
Day to day
maintain a safe environment Assists in maintaining a safe environment and intervenes appropriately.
Day to day
answer, coordinate and manage all unit phone calls Answers, coordinates and manages all phone calls to the unit in consultation with the charge nurse.
Day to day
order, expedite and distribute unit and patient care supplies Orders, expedites and distributes unit, clerical and patient care supplies as directed by the Nursing Director
Day to day
maintain patient medical records Maintains all patient medical records per hospital policies and procedures in a neat and orderly manner
Day to day
schedule patient diagnostic tests, appointments and consults Schedules patient diagnostic tests, appointments, and consults upon the direction of physician or RN.
Day to day
coordinate logistics of patient discharge Coordinates logistics of patient discharge including transportation, equipment, etc.
Day to day
back-up coverage for patient transport, including escorting discharge patients/families Provides back-up coverage for patient transport, including escorting discharge patients/families.
Day to day
answer patient call lights and relay requests to clinical staff Answers patient call lights and communicates patient request to appropriate clinical staff.
Day to day
receive and orient visitors to the unit Receives and orients visitors to unit/department in a professional manner
Floating
floats to other pods or units as requested Floats to other pods or units as requested by Nursing office
Cross-training
cross-trains and floats to other units to meet staffing needs Responds to staffing needs of the healthcare team by cross-training and floating to other units.
Union
union membership required Union Membership from Job Profile Union Membership from Job Profile Required
Weekends
at least 1-2 weekend shifts a month At least 1-2 weekend shifts a month.
Holidays
weekend and holiday rotation Weekend and Holiday Rotation.
Start
recruiting start 10/06/2026 Recruiting Start Date Recruiting Start Date 10/06/2026
Details
Vocera communication device Communicates with healthcare team members via VOCERA communication device.
Details
posting says patient care is not required for this position

Worth asking

  • Can you walk me through differentials?
  • What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to ask
  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
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Original listing

Posted on Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc.’s careers page.

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Site: Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc. Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary Summary Based Patient Care Team, the unit secretary performs a wide range of secretarial duties and coordinates unit/floor procedure to ensure professional and efficient operation of the department in providing quality patient care. Performs the following duties to support unit operations and coordination of resources including but not limited to, answering unit phones, collaborating with health care team members and other departments, scheduling patient tests and appointments, maintaining all medical records, initiating and tracking unit requests, coordinating discharges, transfers, and admissions proactively to assure efficient operation and management of resources on the unit. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide indirect patient family centered care appropriate to the age of the patients served on assigned unit.

Responsible for receiving visitors and responding to needs of patients and family members. Does this position require Patient Care? No Essential Functions Provision of a Safe Environment

  • Assists in maintaining a safe environment and intervenes appropriately.
  • Identifies and/or initiates appropriate follow up for any safety issue.
  • Utilizes judgment in implementing physician orders in a safe and conscientious manner, notifying charge nurse immediately of any concerns.
  • Service
  • Ensures patient and family member’s needs and expectations are met in a timely and caring manner.
  • Maintains the C. A. R. E. standards with focus on communication, appearance and respect.
  • Works collaboratively as a member of the Patient Care Team and takes a proactive role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the unit.
  • Organizational Ethics
  • Maintains and promotes the mission and values of the organization.
  • Maintains conf identiality of all patient information
  • Respects and supports a culturally diverse staff and patient population.
  • Utilizes the proper procedures address patient or family’s concerns by notifying the Nursing Director/supervisor or clinical leader.
  • Management of Resources/supplies and unit based needs
  • Orders, expedites and distributes unit, clerical and patient care supplies as directed by the Nursing Director to assure par levels required of efficient operations.
  • Orders supplies (including Workflow One) necessary for the unit as described by the Nursing Director through eBUY.
  • Maintains work area and office equipment in neat and functioning order.
  • Initiates and tracks appropriate Facilities, Bio Med, Housekeeping, and IT related problems/replacements/ requests or work orders.
  • Notifies Biomed department of malfunctioning equipment and arranges repair requests and for the equipment to be returned to the department.
  • Assists Nursing Director to manage and facilitate unit projects.
  • Acts as a liaison and assists in problem solving with ancillary services and all other departments which provide services or have an effect on unit activities.
  • Provides back-up coverage for patient transport, including escorting discharge patients/families.
  • Management of Information
  • Answers, coordinates and manages all phone calls to the unit in consultation with the charge nurse. Takes accurate messages and ensures their delivery to the

appropriate staff in a timely and professional manner. Places pages and phone calls upon request of clinical staff.

  • Participates in shift-to-shift hand off communication by giving or receiving hand of report to/from the incoming/outgoing unit secretary and charge RN.
  • Coordinates and notifies appropriate staff regarding all paperwork coming onto the unit including fax referrals.
  • Maintains all patient medical records per hospital policies and procedures in a neat and orderly manner; properly label each page and file testing results and other information in individual medical records accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Schedules patient diagnostic tests, appointments, and consults upon the direction of physician or RN.
  • Coordinates logistics of patient discharge including transportation, equipment, etc.
  • Performs clerical duties to admit, transfer, and discharge patients with the use of bed management system. Make certain that the patient record/chart, information plate

and/or labels, personal belongings, and other pertinent information accompany the patient on transfers.

  • Enters, updates or prints data reports as appropriate including:
  • Bed management system in a timely manner to reflect current unit activity.
  • Diet order sheets ready for pick-up by food and nutrition services.
  • Advance Care Directives and Patient Code Status in the chart each shift.
  • Medication Reconciliation and Restraint reports and provides them to the physician or RN as a reminder to reorder restraints or update/complete

medication reconciliation each shift.

  • Quadramed assignment sheet and provides to the charge nurse prior to the beginning of each shift.
  • Recovery charges, and or billing information as indicated
  • Checks the quadramed list by 11:30am and notifies the charge nurse of any unclassified in-patients as well as reminding staff to complete their quadrameds.
  • Copies patient charts and other materials as requested.
  • Utilizes Meditech system to: access and update administrative data screens, to enter transport requests, enter PASSPORT orders, print specimen labels, print kardexes,

print medication administration report.

  • Requests and maintains old medical records as needed.
  • Anticipates discharges and transfers and calls them to admitting/nursing supervisor when discharges are known and inputs any tentative discharges in bed management system.
  • Updates charge nurse/clinical leader, admitting and nursing supervisor of admissions, discharges, and transfers on 7-3 and 3pm-11pm shifts and inputs any tentative discharges in bed management system.
  • Communicates with healthcare team members via VOCERA communication device.
  • Performs all other duties as assigned.
  • Collaborative Interdisciplinary Care
  • Interacts with all members of health care team to provide interdisciplinary patient family centered care.
  • Answers patient call lights and communicates patient request to appropriate clinical staff.
  • Provides clerical support to unit staff as needed.
  • Floats to other pods or units as requested by Nursing office and functions appropriately as reported by staff.
  • Patient/Family Education
  • Receives and orients visitors to unit/department in a professional manner, projecting a positive public image with use of the C. A. R. E. standards.
  • Provides all patients and families with basic information for unit operation.
  • Competency
  • Maintains compliance with hospital, unit secretary specific competencies.
  • Identifies and actively seeks out unit and/or service related continuing education classes.
  • Orients or precepts new personnel as assigned and acts as a resource for other professionals, patients, and significant others on the unit.
  • Responds to staffing needs of the healthcare team by cross-training and floating to other units.
  • Attends staff meetings and/or read staff meeting minutes to keep current with unit and organizational updates or changes.
  • Attends the annual Safety Fair.
  • Quality Improvement
  • Understands unit specific quality indicators.
  • Participates in Quality Improvement Projects and Committees as directed by the Nursing Director.
  • Participates in Service, Excellence, and Quality (SEAQ) programs for example, Falls Team, Patient Safety Committee, Pain Management Team
  • Patient Care
  • Responds to patient and family care by answering patient call lights and telephone in a timely manner.
  • Coordinates patient communication through a variety of general reception and clerical duties
  • Grade 130
  • Hiring Requirements
  • Job Details
  • Job Profile
  • Job Profile
  • JPFKH052 - Patient Care Assistant II - SF1
  • Job Families for Job Profiles
  • Job Families for Job Profiles
  • 123 - Nursing Assistant / Patient Care Assistant
  • Worker Sub-Type
  • Worker Sub-Type
  • Regular
  • Worker Type
  • Worker Type
  • Employee
  • Time Type
  • Time Type
  • Full time
  • Employee Contract Type
  • Employee Contract Type
  • (empty)
  • Compensation Grade
  • Compensation Grade
  • SF1005
  • Remote Type
  • Remote Type
  • Onsite
  • Primary Location
  • Primary Location
  • 1133 Centre Street Jamaica Plain (Belkin House)
  • Primary Job Posting Location
  • Primary Job Posting Location
  • Jamaica Plain-MA
  • Additional Locations
  • Additional Locations
  • (empty)
  • Additional Job Posting Locations
  • Additional Job Posting Locations
  • (empty)
  • Scheduled Weekly Hours
  • Scheduled Weekly Hours
  • 40
  • Work Shift
  • Work Shift
  • Night (United States of America)
  • Recruiting Start Date
  • Recruiting Start Date
  • 10/06/2026
  • Target Hire Date
  • Target Hire Date
  • 10/06/2026
  • Target End Date
  • Target End Date
  • (empty)
  • Additional Information
  • Union Membership from Job Profile
  • Union Membership from Job Profile
  • Required
  • Allowed Unions from Job Profile
  • Allowed Unions from Job Profile

Sf1 - bwfh seiu 1199

Collective Agreement Details Collective Agreement Collective Agreement (empty) Qualifications Education High School Diploma or Equivalent required Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No Licenses and Credentials Certified Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Technician [CNA/PCT] - Data Conversion - Various Issuers required and HeartSaver CPR AED - American Heart Association (AHA) required Experience Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Staff adheres to all I C. A. R. E. Standards.
  • Successful completion of an approved nursing assistant training program.
  • Ability to effectively speak, read, and write using the English language.
  • Ability to pass clinical competency, basic math, and reading testing.
  • Ability to perform basic math calculations and measurements, in order to measure height and weight, intake and output and calorie counts.
  • Ability to accurately interpret and utilize basic medical terminology and abbreviations.
  • Ability to enter and retrieve computerized information.
  • Physical ability to push, transfer, and pull heavy loads throughout assigned shift.
  • Physical ability to meet core job requirements in accordance with practice setting demands, for the patient populations regularly served.
  • Effective interpersonal skills to interact appropriately with nursing staff, patients, families/visitors, physicians, and other hospital staff.
  • Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
  • Ability to manage stress related to patient care issues, and changing hospital climate and personnel issues.

Additional Job Details (if applicable) 7 North. Part-Time. Per Diem: 16 shifts in 6 months. At least 1-2 weekend shifts a month.

  • 8 hour shifts minimum. Weekend and Holiday Rotation.

Remote Type Onsite Work Location 1153 Centre Street Scheduled Weekly Hours 0 Employee Type Per Diem Work Shift Rotating (United States of America) Pay Range $22.00 - $32.69/Hourly Grade SF1005 At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package.

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