Registered Nurse - Observation Unit midnight shift

$5,000 sign on bonus

Full-Time Benefit Eligible

Shift: Midnights 7:00 pm to 7:30 am with alternating weekend schedule

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.

Observation Unit – 20 bed unit. Observation level patients with an emphasis on cardiac patients. The population excludes stroke patients, pediatrics and certain infection control patients related to community bathrooms.

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.

• 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.

• Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
• Telemetry, ACLS and NIHSS certifications preferred.

• Organization:
  Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
• Department: NU 3300 Observation - HFMH
• Shift: Night Job
• Union Code:
  Not Applicable