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Nursing Assistant, Per Diem, Nursing Float Pool

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Burlington, MAPer Diem$20–26.92/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$20–26.92/hr
Location
Burlington, MA
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Basic Life Support Certification

Job overview

Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Nursing Assistant provides basic patient care to support patients’ personal needs, comfort, and safety. The role includes assisting with daily living activities, collecting specimens, measuring intake and output, supporting nutrition, and performing basic clinical procedures. The assistant also reports unusual patient observations, completes safety interventions, and may serve as a patient safety attendant after competency completion.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Patient CareActivities of Daily LivingVital SignsSpecimen CollectionIntake and Output MeasurementBasic Clinical ProceduresPatient FeedingBasic Reading and WritingFour-Function MathMedical TerminologyBasic Computer SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Qualifications

High School Diploma or EquivalentBasic Life Support Certification

Full job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Under supervision of a Registered Nurse, performs basic patient care activities in providing for the personal needs, comfort and safety of patients.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

A. Cares for patients as delegated by the registered nurse and completes all aspects of activities of daily living for assigned patients (refer to Delegation Competency for Unlicensed Assistive Personnel).

  1. Vital Signs: May take and record the following: ·
  • vital signs

  • height and weight

  • oxygen saturation

  • Reports all unusual observations or reactions of the patient to the nurse assigned to the patient or charge nurse.

  1. Intake and Output: Collects various specimens for analysis and measures and records intake and output.

  2. Activities of Daily Living: Provides patients with personal care and assist with activities of daily living.

  3. Clinical Procedures: Performs basic clinical procedures independently or under direct supervision of a nurse.

  4. Nutrition: Provides for patient’s nutritional needs including assisting the patient with ordering room service, set up of meal tray, and feeds the patient as required.

  5. Safety: Supports a culture of safety and carries out safety interventions for all patients.

  6. Infection Control: Adheres to all applicable infection control policies and procedures.

  7. Sitter: Assist as patient safety attendant after completion of required competency.

  8. Orientation: Assists with orientation of new Nursing Assistant colleagues.

  9. Performs additional unit-based activities as assigned.

B. Organizational Requirements:

  • Incorporates Lahey Clinic Guiding Principles, Mission Statement and Goals into daily activities.

  • Complies with all Lahey Clinic Policies.

  • Complies with behavioral expectations of the department and Lahey Clinic.

  • Maintains courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients.

  • Demonstrates an understanding of the job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment.

  • Demonstrates a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to Customer Service standards.

  • Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.

  • Participates in and successfully completes Mandatory Education.

  • Performs all other duties as needed or directed to meet the needs of the department.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Requires a high school diploma or equivalent

Licensure, Certification, Registration: Basic Life Support/BLS Required. New Hires/transfers will have 30 days to obtain BLS certification.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: Basic ability to read, write and perform basic four-function math.

Ability to obtain knowledge of medical terminology, basic personal computer skills, and interpersonal skills.

Experience: None.

Pay Range:

$20.00 - $26.92

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

How this job compares

Set against the 2,332 open Nursing Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$20–26.92/hr
  • Massachusetts median$20–27/hr47 hourly ranges
  • US median$19–24/hr1,307 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $23.46/hr, is 3% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Nursing Assistant hourly ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 60 open Nursing Assistant jobs in Massachusetts and 2,332 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
Nursing Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (426 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,102 of the 2,332 open Nursing Assistant jobs (47%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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