RN Registered Nurse - PACU Float, Part-Time, M-F , rotation weekends, on-call

Overview

• Hospital: Henry Ford Health Genesys
• Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan
• Schedule: Part‑Time, M-F 9 p‑7:30 a, rotating weekends, on‑call including holidays
• Department: Perioperative Float
• Sign On Bonus: $6,000
• Premiums:
  • 5% Market Pay Differential
  • Increased Night Shift Premium – 10%
  • $2 Weekend Differential

• Use independent professional judgment, analytical skills, and the nursing process to provide a full range of delegated, interdependent, and independent nursing services to patients.
• Demonstrate clinical competence, compassion, and customer‑service orientation within the framework of the Seven Dimensions of Patient Care and Benner's Domains of Nursing Practice.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary plans of care in accordance with Nursing Problem Care Sets and clinical practice guidelines to achieve quality outcomes and appropriate length of stay.
• Provide patient care honoring patient rights, dignity, culture, preferences, and expressed needs; assess family needs for information and education, plan and implement teaching, and evaluate effectiveness.
• Collaborate with patient, family, hospital staff, and community agencies to develop discharge plans preparing patients for continued care.
• Utilize pharmacologic and non‑pharmacologic approaches to ensure patient comfort and pain relief; involve patients and families in care planning.
• Complete admission and shift assessments, medication reconciliation, and ongoing reassessments; monitor patient responses and progress toward outcomes.
• Document nursing interventions (NIC), progress (NOC), patient education, and shift‑to‑shift transitions using established guidelines.
• Implement basic nursing procedures including dressing changes, catheterization, NG tube insertion, and suctioning.
• Initiate standing orders appropriately and assist with all patient‑care activities, including activities of daily living and other comfort services.
• Prevent/minimize patient skin breakdown, falls, VTE, and aspiration using evidence‑based bundles and plans.
• Establish and maintain peripheral IV therapy, obtain body‑fluid specimens, manage blood products when required, and perform capillary glucose monitoring.
• Administer medications, IVs, blood products, and perform or assist with surgical procedures according to guidelines.
• Operate and troubleshoot IV pumps, PCA pumps, epidural pumps, feeding pumps, and patient beds.
• Monitor vital signs, labs, I/O, and blood glucose; recognize and respond to changes in respiratory, neurological, cardiac, and urinary status.
• Use SBAR and other standardized communication tools to notify physicians of patient changes.
• Respond to emergencies with CPR and immediate interventions.
• Provide emotional support to families in crisis or grieving.
• Communicate with other professionals and departments to facilitate patient progress.
• Monitor individual length of stay; notify case manager and nurse manager of discharge issues.
• Identify ethical issues and initiate resolution steps.
• Adhere to patient confidentiality requirements.
• Resolve customer concerns promptly and report unresolved complaints to appropriate supervisors.
• Promote a physically safe environment, appropriately use restraints, and follow universal precautions.
• Make cost‑effective use of supplies and resources.
• Assist in evaluating new products, procedures, and nursing practices.
• Support nursing department and unit quality improvement activities, council meetings, and strategic goals.
• Participate in teaching/mentoring of student nurses and orientations.
• Develop a plan for continual improvement based on peer and stakeholder input.
• Complete annual safety and unit‑specific education requirements (GLI).

• Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Michigan Board of Nursing within 60 days of the hire date.
• Certified BLS provider (AHA) within 90 days of hire or a certified instructor.
• Graduation from an approved professional RN nursing program.
• Additional preference: none.
• On‑job experience of approximately 3–9 months required for full competency.

• Organization: Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital
• Department: HFGH Pre Surgery
• Shift: Night Job
• Union Code: MIGRA Teamsters RN Local 332

The above is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications for the people so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify in any way the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, or control the work of employees under their supervision.

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