Registered Nurse - Medical/Surgical (5E BAY)

Nurse

Daily Work Times: 7pm - 7:30am

Shift: Nights

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 72

Position Summary:

Collaborates with physician to provide a plan of care that will return the patient to optimal health. Provides bedside nursing care and carries out medical orders. Delegates to and oversees Nurse Assistant, Patient Care Associate, OB Care Associate, Surgical Service Assistant, Nursing Clerk and Psychiatric Tech functions. Responsible for evaluating effectiveness of care plan.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Assumes responsibility for a leadership role encompassing:

• Integrating evidence-based knowledge into practice.
• Delegation and coordination of tasks and assignments of nursing care.
• Facilitates/participates in patient conferences.
• Identifies and provides the means to meet patients' ongoing and discharge/transfer teaching needs by communicating with the appropriate resource persons and attending discharge/transfer planning conferences.
• Assumes the responsibility for professional growth by seeking out educational opportunities and utilizing programs in the hospital or elsewhere in the community.
• Teaches and/or guides professional and ancillary personnel.
• Precepts/mentors new employees and students.
• Functions as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.

2. Communicates relevant information in a manner that is understandable and effective.

3. Shows organizational skills through effective planning.

4. Utilizes the nursing process on admission and throughout hospitalization, actively involving the patient and family in the plan of care through:

• Assessment
• Planning
• Implementation
• Evaluation

5. Demonstrates safe medication administration in accordance to established procedure.

6. Responds to real or simulated emergency and disaster situations according to established Policy & Procedure.

7. Maintains a safe patient care environment.

8. Demonstrates competency and knowledge in performing basic and specific skills and the utilization of equipment required for patient care. (See unit specific competencies)

9. Collects and analyzes data pertaining to patient care or unit-specific activity/process.

10. Provides for age specific need of the population served according to unit specific competencies as evidenced by observation, documentation and peer feedback.

11. Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals.

12. Consistently demonstrates Bay Pride behaviors.

13. Provides for the age specific needs of the population served according to department standards, as evidenced by observation, documentation, and peer feedback.

(x) Newborn - Birth to discharge from McLaren-Bay

(x) Infant - Any child up to one year

(x) Pediatric - One year to 12 years

(x) Adolescence - 13 - 17 years

(x) Adult - 18-64 years

(x) Geriatric - 65 years and older

14. Participates in activities which promote quality improvement and research in nursing.

15. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in the state of Michigan
• Must satisfactorily complete the first available basic dysrhythmia course
• ACLS within one year of hire/transfer
• NIHSS Certification; if not current, must be obtained within twelve months of hire/transfer
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross Certification.

Preferred:

• Six (6) months experience in an acute care setting or equivalent