Registered Nurse - Medical Surgery

Selectminds; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time schedule

Job summary

McLaren Health Care seeks a devoted nurse to provide bedside care and collaborate with physicians to implement care plans that restore patients to optimal health. This role leads a team and oversees care delivery across shifts while ensuring adherence to medical orders and patient safety.

Requirements include an active Michigan nursing license and BLS certification, with preference for acute care experience and orthopedic certification. Schedule is full-time with night hours as listed.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with Michigan license.
• Current BLS certification.
• Must satisfactorily complete the first available basic dysrhythmia course.
• Six months experience in an acute care setting (preferred).
• Orthopedic Nurse Certification (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing care coordination and delegate tasks.
• Integrate evidence-based knowledge into practice.
• Participate in patient conferences and discharge planning.
• Mentor new staff and students; precept.
• Ensure proper patient placement and resource coordination.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Patient care

Team leadership

Education

RN license in MI

BLS Certification

Dysrhythmia course

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.

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.

BLS issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross Certification.

Must satisfactorily complete the first available basic dysrhythmia course

Preferred:

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

Orthopedic Nurse Certification

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004229
• Daily Work Times: 7:00pm - 7:30am
• 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.