Registered Nurse Casual - Emergency Services

Mclaren-Health-Care; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 39,000 - 58,000; Part time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Casual Registered Nurse for Emergency Services in Michigan. The role involves coordinating total nursing care, leading with the care team, and providing patient/family teaching while ensuring patient rights and privacy.

Required: Michigan RN license, BLS; ALS, PALS, and TNCC within specified timelines; ER/ICU experience preferred. Daily work times are variable; on-call is not required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved registered nursing program.
• Current Michigan RN license is required.
• BLS certification required.
• ALS within 3 months and PALS within 6 months; TNCC within 1 year.
• ER/ICU experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates total nursing care for patients.
• Participates in patient and family teaching.
• Provides leadership by working with ancillary nursing and other team members.
• Adheres to ethical and professional standards in nursing practice.
• Assess patients for suicidal tendencies and ideations.
• Assess pediatric fever and treat accordingly.
• Assess and treats abdominal pain and headaches across ages.
• Administer high-risk medications safely when indicated.
• Collaborate to manage trauma and stroke care as part of the team.

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) license in Michigan

BLS Certification

ALS Certification within 3 months of hire

PALS Certification within 6 months of hire

TNCC Certification within 1 year of hire

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, 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 centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Registered Nurse Casual - Emergency Services

Position Summary: Coordinates total nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintained standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. The Registered Nurse recognizes that each patient is a unique individual and has the right to quality nursing care that ensures mutual goal setting between the Registered Nurse and the patient and that the Registered Nurse assures patient rights and privacy are protected.The Registered Nurse is held accountable to the ethical and professional standards as defined in the ANA Code for Nurses, the ANA Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, the State of Michigan Public Heath code and the ANA and Specialty Nursing Standards of Clinical Practice.The Registered Nurse is also accountable to adhering to the standards set by regulatory agencies such as but not limited to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), Conditions of Participation of Healthcare Finance Administration (HCFA), and Michigan Occupational Health and Safety (MIOSHA).These accountabilities require individual competence in nursing practice, and the recognition and responsible acceptance of individual actions and judgments.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Exhibits core values in interactions with others.

Pride in our organization and enthusiasm for our work.

Respect and caring for our customers and each other.

Integrity in our conduct and character.

Unit Based Competencies – Emergency

Assesses patients for suicidal tendencies and ideations, as indicated.

Assesses and treats pediatric fever, utilizing age specific competencies.

Appropriately assesses and treats abdominal pain and headaches in patients of all ages.

In collaboration with other healthcare team members, assesses and treats lacerations and extremity injuries.

Assesses adult patients for dyspnea and provides treatment as indicated.

Based on the patient’s clinical condition, administers high risk medications safely, effectively and accurately.

Effectively manages the care of the trauma patient in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.

Effectively assesses and manages the care of the stroke patient in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.

Transfuses blood in a safe and timely manner

Safely handles body fluids contaminated by toxic chemicals to protect patients, healthcare workers and the public.

Required:

Education - Graduate of an approved registered nursing program.

Must have a current Michigan Registered Nurse license

BLS Certification

Must become ALS certified within three (3) months of date of hire or transfer

Must become PALS certified within six (6) months of date of hire or transfer

TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum) within 1 year of hire or transfer

Preferred:

Six (6) months ER and/or ICU experience within the last two (2) years and/or meet internal posting criteria.

One year hospital practice as a registered nurse

Additional Information

• Daily Work Times: Variable
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.