Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health

McLaren Health Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks a part-time registered nurse to collaborate with physicians, provide bedside care, and implement the care plan. You will delegate tasks, participate in conferences, and guide staff while ensuring safe patient discharge planning.

Responsibilities include mentoring junior staff, promoting evidence-based practice, and leading the team to optimal patient outcomes. BLS and an active Michigan RN license are required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a current Michigan license.
• BLS certification issued by AHA or Red Cross.
• Six months of acute care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Integrates evidence-based knowledge into nursing practice.
• Delegates and coordinates nursing tasks and assignments.
• Facilitates and participates in patient conferences.
• Addresses discharge/transfer teaching needs with the care team.
• Pursues educational opportunities for professional growth.
• Teaches and mentors other staff and students.
• Precepts and guides new employees and learners.
• Acts as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement.

Skills

Nursing

Patient care

Leadership

Teamwork

Education

RN (Registered Nurse) license

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

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:

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 elsewherein 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.

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in the state of Michigan.
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross Certification.

Preferred:

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

Additional Information

• Schedule: Part-time
• Daily Work Times: 7:00am - 7:30pm
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.