Registered NURSE; Ambulatory Care Nurse Resource Pool-Cancer Center Cluster

REGISTERED NURSE (Ambulatory Care Nurse Resource Pool-Cancer Center Cluster)

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

• Provide nursing care in a variety of Ambulatory Care settings with primary responsibilities in the Rogel Cancer Center Clinics. Other potential locations are BCSC and NHC. This position includes care of adult patients and includes but not limited to.
• Assessment of patient needs and assistance with medical issues related to health concerns.
• Manage prescription refill requests and secure patient messages.
• Adapts communication style to patients representing diverse personal, professional, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Possesses excellent listening skills to receive detailed information.
• Utilize electronic protocol database to assess, educate and document all health information in an accurate and expedient fashion.
• Responsive to the needs of a clinic.
• Meets minimum established quality and productivity standards.
• Knowledge and appropriate use of internal and external resources.
• Collaborate with providers when necessary, in providing advice or determining disposition for patient.
• Provide functional supervision to assistive personnel; collaborate with colleagues, other disciplines, and health care/community services to promote continuity of care.
• Telephone management, patient and family education, assistance with procedures, daily clinic operations management, functional supervision of assistive personnel and other responsibilities when requested.
• This position could involve travelling to various locations to all Michigan Medicine facilities.
• Knowledge and appropriate use of internal and external resources.
• This RN position is essential in managing clinic flow, patient care needs to include but not limited to triage/assessment of high acuity patients, therapy education, procedural education, medication administration and management, responding to clinic emergencies, port maintenance, collaboration with multiple disciplines / infusion / scheduling / lab management.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills through the nursing process, excellent problem-solving skills, and demonstrated ability to set priorities.
• Demonstrated customer service, interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to build respectful relationships within and between units and individuals.
• Demonstrated accountability and dependability including good attendance record with punctuality.
• Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities based on unit, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills providing patient and family education and coaching related to chronic conditions.
• Proficiency with typing and electronic health record documentation.
• Ability to manage complex clinical issues utilizing assessment skills, protocols, and evidence-based interventions.
• Willingness to adapt to different populations within the Maize team as patient demands require. Orientation and training would be provided for new subspecialties.

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan Medicine
• One (1) year oncology ambulatory care experience

• Ambulatory Care Experience with telephone triage/symptom management within the last three (3) years
• BSN
• OCN certification
• Ambulatory Care Float RN experience

• Hourly range for Registered Nurses $41.78-$64.81 / hour
• Evening Shift Differential - $3.00 / hour
• Night Shift Differential - $4.00 / hour
• Charge Nurse Differential - $1.00 / hour
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings and immediate vesting
• Robust tuition and certification support programs
• Large offering of no-cost CEs and professional development for advancement

• Hours/Week: 40 hours per week
• Shift/Hours/Days:
  • Day Shift;
    Monday-Friday, may include Saturdays/Sundays/Holidays in the future if clinic hours expand
• Hours may be variable (based on patient and volume needs)

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U-M Professional Nurse Council union, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

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