RN Registered Nurse – 5E Elective Surgery Day Shift

REGISTERED NURSE – 5E ELECTIVE SURGERY – 24 HOURS – DAY SHIFT

Sign On Bonus $3,000

Part Time Benefit Eligible

Shift: Nights, 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM, Two 12-hour shifts per week rotating weekends and holidays

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SUMMARY:

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Unit

Description:

Our unit is a fast-paced, high-acuity post-surgical environment dedicated to delivering exceptional, patient-centered care. We specialize in providing care for a diverse range of post-surgical patient procedures, including general surgery, urological, vascular, colorectal, and gynecological surgeries. In addition, we are proud to support specialized bariatric surgical procedures and manage complex therapies such as epidurals, tracheostomies, continuous bladder irrigation (CBI), chest tubes, and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA’s), while also serving as a surgical trauma overflow unit.

As a closed unit, we foster a strong sense of teamwork, consistency, and collaboration among our staff, creating a supportive and cohesive work environment. Our scheduling model includes every third weekend, promoting a balanced and predictable work-life schedule. We are proud of our high nurse retention rate, reflecting a positive workplace culture where staff feel valued and supported.

Our team is composed of dynamic, highly skilled nurses who thrive in a collaborative and supportive atmosphere. We are committed to excellence in clinical practice and continuous learning, which is reflected in our consistently strong patient satisfaction scores and the quality of care we deliver. What sets our unit apart is our holistic approach—we care for the whole person, addressing not only physical recovery but also emotional and spiritual well-being.

Our nurses build meaningful connections with patients and families, fostering trust, compassion, and healing in every interaction.

If you are looking for a challenging yet rewarding environment where your skills will be valued and your growth supported, our unit offers the opportunity to be part of a passionate team making a real difference every day.

• Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care.
• Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family.
• Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team.
• Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Qualifications – External

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REQUIRED:

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• BSN preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.

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REQUIRED:

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• Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing
• Organization:
  Henry Ford Health St. John Hospital
• Department: HFSJH 5 East Elective Surgery
• Shift: Day Job
• Union Code:
  Not Applicable