Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical; 9E

Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical (9E)

Join to apply for the Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical (9E) role at McLaren Health Care.

Department: Not specified in original posting. Daily Work Times: 6:30p–7:00a. Shift: Nights. Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 48. Benefits: 403(b), dental insurance, health insurance, paid time off, vision insurance.

• Responsible for the delivery of nursing care within the assigned unit scope of practice following hospital policies and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and standards of practice.
• Assess each assigned patient, document and evaluate their response to the plan of care, and take appropriate corrective action.
• Plan and implement the patient’s plan of care/standard of care and provide patient teaching using the plan of care/standard of care.
• Oversee all ancillary personnel for technical tasks.
• Seek to improve quality of service by continuously developing individual and unit competencies within scope of practice.
• Integrate best practice benchmarking and clinical pathways into practice; participate in ongoing studies and promote dissemination of research through professional forums including presentations and publications.
• Measure, identify, and implement strategies to improve clinical practice outcomes and patient safety initiatives; design and monitor nursing improvement plans.
• Analyze data to determine outcomes of infection prevention, nursing-sensitive indicators, clinical effectiveness, standardization of processes, and patient safety initiatives including adherence to AOA standards, CMS guidelines, and National Patient Safety goals.
• Assume the role of contact nurse as defined on each unit.
• Perform other related responsibilities as necessary.

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as Healthcare Provider.
• Within six months of hire, ACLS required for RNs in Critical Care, Emergency, Endoscopy, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac Rehab, Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down, Telemetry Floats; NRP for Labor and Delivery; PALS for Pediatrics; PALS and TNCC within one year for the Emergency Department.

Preferred:

• One year of professional nursing experience.
• ACLS preferred in other units.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

• Schedule:
  
  Full-time
• Requisition :
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call:
  Yes
• Weekends:
  Yes