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About the Role
About You
- Registered Nurse, currently licensed in Massachusetts in good standing.
- Associate's degree in nursing required; Bachelor's degree in nursing, or equivalent preferred.
- Minimum three years of varied work experience as a professional nurse, preferably one year in an acute setting.
- Demonstrated ability to assess and respond to the needs of patients and families in varied settings.
- Experience in oncology or strong medical/surgical experience.
- Competence in accessing and care of peripheral and central lines including Port-A-Cath.
- Demonstrated understanding of hospice philosophy and principles.
Benefits
- Employer-sponsored health insurance.
- Paid time-off and a generous earned time program.
- Tuition reimbursement and scholarship programs.
- Student loan paydown program.
- Two retirement plans.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
Care Dimensions (formerly Hospice of the North Shore & Greater Boston) provides compassionate care throughout all stages of advanced illness. Our expansive services and expert staff honor the richness of patients' lives -- addressing complex medical issues, as well as emotional, spiritual and family concerns. We treat patients with dignity and respect, so they may live as fully as possible. Care Dimensions is the largest hospice and palliative care provider to adults and children in Massachusetts. As a non-profit, community-based leader in advanced illness care, Care Dimensions provides comprehensive hospice, palliative care, grief support in more than 100 communities in Massachusetts. Care Dimensions was founded in 1978 as Hospice of the North Shore, and cares for patients wherever they live – in their homes, in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities, in hospitals, or at our two inpatient hospice facilities, the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln and the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Additionally, Care Dimensions’ HomeMD program provides in-home primary care to patients over age 65 in select communities north of Boston who have difficulty leaving home. The Care Dimensions Learning Institute educates more than 7,000 health care professionals and community members each year on advanced illness and end-of-life topics. For more information please visit our Web site at www.CareDimensions.org or call us at 888-283-1722.