Registered Nurse (Infusion Services) Full Time, Days

RN-Infusion Services

The RN-Infusion Services is responsible for the provision and coordination of patient centered care. The role coordinates care to achieve desired outcomes, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by delegating and working cooperatively and collaboratively with ancillary nursing and other members of the healthcare team in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice and professional nursing performance in the clinical setting. The RN is also accountable to practice in accordance with the Michigan Public Health Code Act 368 of 1978, Article 15 (Health Occupations), Part 172 (Nursing). The RN - Infusion Services plays a critical role in delivering skilled nursing care, care coordination, and detailed communication for a patient population requiring healthcare provider-administered infusion and injectable therapies to manage medical conditions. RN will provide infusion and injection care at a variety of ambulatory infusion settings in partnership with the Holland Hospital infusion services pharmacy team and work closely with providers and patients to monitor intended outcomes. RN-Infusion Services will serve as a primary point person for clinical oversight, ensuring care is delivered safely, efficiently, and in alignment with physician orders and patient treatment goals, while complying with regulatory and accreditation requirements.

Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse program; BSN preferred
• Active Michigan Registered Nurse license in good standing
• Current BLS for Healthcare Provider Certification and/or Resuscitation Quality Initiative (RQI) Certification upon hire
• Minimum of 2-3 years of nursing experience with strong intravenous therapy skills, including peripheral and/or central line management

Pay Range: $34.00 - $49.18/hour

Employment Type: Full Time, 80 hours every 2 weeks

Schedule: Day shift, Monday through Friday, available every 7th weekend for add on appointments.

Preferred Education/Experience:

• Ambulatory nursing care experience preferred
• Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI) credential preferred
• Strong independent thinking and decision-making skills within the scope of licensure
• Strong assessment, communication, and documentation skills
• Successful completion of baseline competency assessment
• Experience with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, and Calendar
• Bilingual preferred

Standards of Professional Performance:

Promotes patient safety by maintaining the policies and procedures of the hospital and nursing department, including maintaining the Patient's Bill of Rights.

Practices in accordance with the ANA Standards of Professional Performance including:

• Quality of Practice -- Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Education -- Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current evidence-based nursing practice.
• Professional Practice Evaluation -- Evaluates one's own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
• Collaboration -- Collaborates with patient, family and other members of the healthcare team in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Ethics -- Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice.
• Evidence-Based Practice and Research -- Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Resource Utilization -- Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible.
• Environmental Health -- Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
• Collegiality -- Interacting with and contributing to the professional development and training of peers, colleagues, and students.

Standards of Professional Performance -- Leadership:

• Demonstrates leadership in the profession and in the professional practice setting.
• Works independently with a high degree of accuracy while practicing within the scope of licensure
• Appropriately directs and supervises support personnel in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
• Actively participates in, or supports, on a regular basis, shared decision-making activities.
• Demonstrates awareness of and accountability to department/organization strategic goals and quality initiatives.

Nursing Process:

• Assessment and Diagnosis -- Collects and documents comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation. Assessments are thorough, timely and accurate and include but are not limited to the physiological, socio-cultural, safety and spiritual needs of patients and support persons. Demonstrates ability to use critical thinking skills to analyze assessment data to determine the pertinent diagnosis or issues. Responds appropriately to changing needs of patients, including response to emergency/life threatening situations.
• Outcomes Identification / Planning -- Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation. Develops and documents an individualized plan of care which incorporates the patient's significant other as appropriate and that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes. Identifies initial and ongoing discharge planning needs. Demonstrates the ability to identify, evaluate and document the patient's response to care given. Coordinates care across the continuum to meet the identified and anticipated needs of the patient and his/her support network.
• Implementation -- Functions as advocate for patient and support persons. Demonstrates skills needed to implement the identified plan of care, incorporating elements of Standards of Professional Performance (as described in Essential Functions #1) as appropriate. Demonstrates ability to prioritize and adjust priorities based on patient/unit needs. Coordination of care amongst members of the multidisciplinary teams.
• Evaluation -- Demonstrates ability to evaluate and document patient's progress towards attainment of desired outcomes. Maintains competency with professional practice

Patient Education:

• Demonstrates ability to optimize patient learning through evaluating a patient's learning abilities and carrying out the education of the patient. Assesses learning abilities and identifies barriers to learning or self-care as part of care planning. Documents patient education activities and responses as applicable within the electronic medical record.

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