Registered Nurse Causal - Emergency Services

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Bay City, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Registered Nurse Casual for Emergency Services to join a large health system anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute. The role focuses on bedside care, collaborating with physicians to implement care plans, and ensuring timely patient throughput.

Required credentials include a Michigan nursing license, ACLS and Basic Neuroscience within six months, TNCC within one year, and ENPC within two years.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license to practice in Michigan.
• ACLS course and Basic Neuroscience course required within 6 months of hire/transfer.
• TNCC certification within 1 year of hire/transfer.
• ENPC certification within 2 years of hire/transfer.
• Preferred: 6 months acute care experience or equivalent; Critical Care Nurse preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and implement physician orders.
• Lead and coordinate nursing care and delegations.
• Participate in patient conferences and discharge/transfer planning.
• Identify learning needs and arrange educational opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Delegation

Teaching/Mentoring

Education

Accredited nursing program

Michigan RN license

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 Causal - 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.

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: 26010267
• 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.