Registered Nurse - Nursing Float Pool

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

Job summary

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is seeking a full-time nurse to collaborate with physicians and provide bedside care while leading a nursing team. The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, patient education, and coordination of care throughout the patient’s stay.

Requirements include a Michigan nursing license, BLS, ACLS within one year, and basic dysrhythmia training. Six months of acute care experience is preferred, with daily shifts from 7a-730p.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Michigan nursing license.
• BLS certification by AHA or Red Cross.
• ACLS within one year of transfer.
• Completion of basic dysrhythmia course.
• Preferred: six months experience in acute care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provides bedside nursing care and carries out medical orders.
• Performs leadership responsibilities within the nursing team.
• Collaborates with physicians to plan patient care and discharge plans.
• Delegates tasks to Nurse Assistants and other staff as needed.
• Mentors new employees and students as a preceptor.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Bedside care

Team mentoring

Discharge planning

Education

Nursing degree

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 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.
• ACLS within one year of transfer.
• Must satisfactorily complete the first available basic dysrhythmia course.

Preferred:

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

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004034
• Daily Work Times: 7a-730p
• 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.