Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Mclaren-Health-Care; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Flint is seeking a Registered Nurse to assess patients’ physiological, emotional, and spiritual needs and to plan and direct nursing care within the unit. The role requires ACLS within 6 months, two years in cardiac critical care, and the ability to manage complex care in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include documenting status on admission, forming care plans, and adhering to McLaren Flint nursing standards while coordinating with the multidisciplinary team during day and

Qualifications

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice nursing in Michigan.
• ACLS certification within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• Minimum two years of experience in a cardiac critical care unit or related area.
• Preferred experience in Cath Lab, MRI/Radiology, and telemetry.
• Ability to document and monitor patient status and nursing care plans.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to McLaren Flint nursing standards and uses the nursing process.
• Assesses and documents patient status on admission and continuously thereafter.
• Develops written plans of care with long- and short-term goals and actions.

Skills

Nursing

Critical care

Telemetry monitoring

ECG interpretation

Patient assessment

Education

Registered Nurse license (MI)

ACLS certification

NRP certification

ANCC Psych Certification

Tools

Telemetry equipment

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.

Responsible for assessing physiological, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient within assigned unit area and planning nursing care to meet those needs.Responsible to see that nursing care plans are carried out through performance and/or leadership of subordinate personnel.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Adheres to standards of nursing practice of McLaren Flint, which consists of systematic approach to nursing practice by using nursing process.
• Assesses and documents patient’s status on admission and continuously thereafter including procedural areas
• Develops written plan of care, including long and short range goals and nursing actions.

Required

Licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice nursing in Michigan.

ACLS Certification within 6 months of hire or transfer for units specified: 2 Central, 4 Central, CCU, ICU, PCU, ER, and 12 South

Additional Qualifications of Specialty Units

Cardiovascular Services / CVCU

Required

Minimum of two years of experience required in a cardiac critical care unit, step down unit such as 12T, 9T, 4C, PACU, etc OR in a cardiac cath lab OR in an emergency department.

ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer

Preferred

• Previous experience in pulling arterial lines or venous sheaths
• Knowledge of Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps

Cath Lab

Required

Minimum of two years of experience required in a cardiac critical care unit (2C, CCU, ICU), step down units (4C, 9T, 12T), Emergency Department, PACU, Cardiac Cath Lab, EP Lab or Neuro Interventional Procedures Lab.

ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer

Preferred

Previous experience as a Registered Nurse in a Cath Lab.

Required

Either (within the past 5 years):

One-year ED experience with one-year critical care experience

ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer

Required

Possess 2 years’ clinical acute care experience

Medical Imaging/Radiology

Required

Minimum of two years of experience required in a critical care unit (2C/ICU/CCU/SCU), step down unit, cardiac cath lab, ER, neuro interventional procedures lab.

Competent in starting & maintaining IV’s

12 months of recent experience (within the last three (3) years) administrating & monitoring moderate sedation of patients.

Competent to interpret 12 lead EKG

ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer

Preferred

Previous experience working in MRI and Radiology setting

Nursing Resource

Required

Licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice nursing in Michigan.

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an inpatient nursing unit or ER within the last 5 years as an RN (to include: PACU, CVCU; to exclude: 11S, Joint and Spine, Rehab, Behavioral Health, Cath Lab, OR).

Minimum of 6 months proven telemetry monitoring/interpretation experience within the last year and/or successful completion of McLaren Flint’s Telemetry Monitoring/Interpretation test within the last year

Required

ANCC Psych Certification within 2 years of hire or transfer.

LDRP

Required

NRP certification within 6 months of hire or transfer

Complete the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring course and pass the test in accordance with AWHONN standards within 12 months of transfer or hire

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 7:00 pm - 7:30 am
• 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.