Registered Nurse Casual - Emergency Services

Mclaren-Health-Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care Corporation is seeking a Casual Registered Nurse for Emergency Services to collaborate with physicians, provide bedside nursing, and implement care plans that restore patients to optimal health. The role involves leading nursing teams, delegating tasks, and participating in discharge planning while pursuing ongoing professional development.

Michigan RN licensure and required certifications must be completed within specified timelines.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and licensed to practice in Michigan.
• ACLS and Basic Neuroscience required within first 6 months of hire/transfer.
• Basic Dysrhythmia required within first available.
• TNCC within 1 year of hire/transfer.
• ENPC within 2 years of hire/transfer.
• Six months acute care experience preferred.
• Critical Care Nurse preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care plan.
• Assumes responsibility for 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 discharge/transfer teaching needs and attends related planning conferences.
• Pursues ongoing education and utilizes hospital or community programs.
• Teaches and/or guides professional and ancillary personnel.
• Precepts/mentors new employees and students.
• Functions as team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.

Skills

Leadership

Delegation

Clinical nursing care

Education

RN license in Michigan

ACLS within 6 months

TNCC within 1 year

ENPC within 2 years

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 centres and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centre. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Registered Nurse Casual - Emergency Services

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.

Qualifications - External

Required:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in the state of Michigan.

Must satisfactorily complete ACLS course and Basic Neuroscience course; required within first 6 months of hire/transfer.

Must satisfactorily complete first available Basic Dysrhythmia course

Must complete TNCC (Trauma Nurse Certification) within one (1) year of hire/transfer

Must complete ENPC within two (2) years of hire/transfer

Preferred:

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

Critical Care Nurse preferred

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 26011956
• Daily Work Times: Variable
• 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.