RN Surgical Services

Overview

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgical Services
Location: Saint Joseph, MI 49085
Duration: 3 Months+ (Possible Extension)

Job Specific Information:

• Experience on Med-Surg Units with focus on surgical patients such as nephrectomy, colectomy, amputation, ostomy and drains.
• Experience with negative pressure dressings, pain pumps, TPN, Central Lines preferred.

Shift Time: Nights.
Hours: 7 pm - 7:30 am.
Shift length: 12hrs.
Weekend rotation: Every other.
On Call: NA.

Required certifications:

• RN License.
• BLS.
• Preferred - ACLS, NIH.

Scrub Color: Caribbean Blue.

Job Description:

Job Summary:

• Delivers nursing care responsibly and accountably as described professionally by the American Nurses Association (ANA) and legally by the State of Michigan.
• Demonstrates competency through the critical thinking model known as the nursing process.
• This includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Upholds the standards of professional performance as described by the ANA.
• This includes ethical practice, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization and environmental health.
• Strives to achieve optimal outcomes.

Education:

Education and / or EXPERIENCE, LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Education Level / Education Details / Required/Preferred:

• Associate's Degree - Nursing - Required.
• Bachelor's Degree - of Science in Nursing must be obtained within 5 years for those who start in this RN role on or after January 1, 2017 (SHGR) - Required.
• Bachelor's Degree - of Science in Nursing must be obtained within 7 years for those who start in this RN role between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2016 (SHGR) - Required.
• Bachelor's Degree - of Science in Nursing must be obtained within 5 years for those who start in the RN role on or after 1/21/2024 CHS.
  
  - Required.

Experience:

• Successful completion of a competency-based orientation program.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Time management and organizational skills.
• Self directed.
• Ability to make quality, independent decisions.
• Analytical and strong problem solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines, high volumes and multiple interruptions.
• Ability to maintain the strictest levels of confidentiality.
• Ability to listen to others.
• Competency in the use of a variety of computer hardware and software systems.

Licenses/Certifications:

Enter Licenses/Certifications / Other Lic/Certification / Department / Time Frame / Req/Pref / And/Or:

• LIC-Registered Nurse (RN) -  - State of Michigan - Upon Hire - Required.
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA - American Heart Association - 90 Days - Required.
• Or CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC - client - 90 Days - Required.
• CRT-Specialty Certification - UNKNOWN - Unknown - Upon Hire - Preferred.
• CRT-Adv Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - AHA - American Heart Association - CHS (Niles and SJ hospital) - 2 Yrs - Preferred.

Essential Functions:

• Provides evidence-based nursing care consistent with the interprofessional plan of care and in accordance with health system policies, procedures, and ANA/regulatory standards.
• Communicates and collaborates with other members of the health care team in order to ensure continuity and coordination of care.
• Acts as a patient/family advocate.
• Performs point of care testing as required.
• Demonstrates a high standard of moral, ethical, and culturally sensitive behavior.
• Formulates decisions and actions based on ethical principles, using the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide practice.
• Advocates for privacy, confidentiality and security of patient, staff and organizational data.
• Assesses the overall needs of the patient/family and analyzes the assessment data to identify potential diagnoses or issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes/goals and develops and implements/coordinates an individualized interprofessional plan of care that recommends strategies to achieve the outcomes in accordance with the ANA Standards of Practice.
• Evaluates patient and family educational needs and employs…