Registered Nurse - Emergency Services

Mclaren-Health-Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks an experienced bedside nurse with leadership to join our care team. The role collaborates with physicians to plan and implement patient care plans and oversees nursing staff to ensure quality, evidence-based practice.

Requirements include an accredited nursing program graduate with Michigan license, ACLS and ENPC/TNCC within specified timelines, and a preference for CCU experience. This is a full-time, on-site position with no on-call required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with active Michigan license.
• ACLS, Basic Neuroscience within 6 months of hire.
• Basic Dysrhythmia course within first available.
• TNCC within one year of hire/transfer.
• ENPC within two years of hire/transfer.

Responsibilities

• Integrates evidence-based knowledge into practice.
• Delegation and coordination of tasks and assignments of nursing care.
• Facilitates/participates in patient conferences.
• Identifies and provides means to meet patients’ ongoing and discharge/transfer teaching needs by communicating with resource persons and attending discharge/transfer planning conferences.
• Precepts/mentors new employees and students.
• Functions as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Evidence-based practice

ACLS

TNCC

ENPC

Dysrhythmia

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

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.

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 elsewhere in 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

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 7 am-7:30 pm
• 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.