Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

At New England Life Care (NELC), you'll join a mission-driven organization where your work helps make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients across New England. As the region's only non-profit home infusion provider, NELC serves more than 70 hospital systems throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Founded by local hospitals, NELC was created to ensure patients have access to a provider that reflects their commitment to excellence in patient care, quality, and service.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. At NELC, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where every employee is heard, valued, and supported. If you're excited about this opportunity but don't meet every qualification listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply—you may be the person we're looking for.

New England Life Care currently has an opening for an Infusion Nurse that will service patients in Braintree, Weymouth, and the area surrounding Canton, Massachusetts.  The ideal candidate for this position has excellent interpersonal skills, a strong desire to care for patients, and a flexible schedule. A shift differential will be paid for any weekend shifts.

Job Summary:

The person in this position is responsible for the provision of direct patient care to home infusion therapy patients in conjunction with physician orders. Establishes, implements, and revises, as needed, a plan of treatment that meets each patient’s specific needs and follows Joint Commission, federal and state regulations, reimbursement guidelines and NELC policies and procedures.

Benefits: 

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Generous employer-matched 403b savings program
• Company paid: Life insurance, Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Paid time off
• And much more!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accurately performs initial and ongoing patient assessments of home infusion therapy patients.
• Provides comprehensive initial and ongoing patient and caregiver education relating to the prescribed home infusion therapy.
• Demonstrates competency in the aseptic administration and monitoring of all therapy types provided by NELC.
• Effectively communicates changes in patient status to appropriate members of infusion and reimbursement teams verbally and in writing (progress notes, e-mail, etc.) in a timely manner.
• Comprehensively documents all patient assessments and communication with patients, caregivers, and other members of the healthcare team in each patient’s record.
• Inserts, maintains / troubleshoots, and discontinues (as appropriate) all types of infusion access according to NELC policies and procedures.
• Maintains and demonstrates competency in the use and troubleshooting of infusion equipment and supplies.
• Participates in case conferences as needed.
• Participation in On Call rotation for Nursing department.

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