Registered Nurse - PACU

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Petoskey (MI); On-site; USD 72,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a full-time nurse to provide patient care across age groups in Michigan. The role emphasizes clinical judgment, collaboration with the care team, and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities include developing individualized care plans, ongoing education, and leadership within the clinical team. The position reports to the shift team leader and department manager, with equal opportunity employment.

Qualifications

• License to practice nursing in Michigan.
• Competent within 6 months of hire with all age groups.
• BLS certified.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the health care team to develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized care plan.
• Engage in lifelong learning through certification, education, and literature review.
• Demonstrate leadership by sharing knowledge and serving as a clinical resource.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Team collaboration

SBAR communication

Patient assessment

Education

Bachelor's in Nursing (preferred)

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 center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Uses clinical judgment skills to diagnose and treat patient responses to actual or potential health conditions. Assesses, monitors, detects, plans and takes appropriate action to prevent potential physiological complications and promotes optimal level of health. Accountable for integrating care within scope of practice licensure, relevant education and experience. Reports to shift Team Leader and is accountable to the Department Manager. Utilizes Policies and Procedures to guide job duties. Level specific criteria are evaluated annually and can be found in the MNM Clinical Ladder.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Clinical Expertise: Collaborates with other members of the health care team to develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized written plan of care based upon a physiological, psychosocial, spiritual assessment consistent with patient/significant other’s changing needs & goals, utilizing the Clinical Practice Model (CPM) and the "Caring-Quality Model."
• Knowledge: Seeks life-long learning through certification, advanced practice, higher education, and literature review.
• Leadership/Credibility: Demonstrates leadership through sharing of knowledge, being a clinical resource, and professional role model.
• Communication: Demonstrates effective communication through collegial relationships, SBAR, and interdisciplinary communication.
• Productivity: Demonstrates enhanced time management skills and ability to assist others in order to contribute to overall performance of the team.
• Performs other duties consistent with purpose of job as directed by general and unit-specific competency-based objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• License to practice nursing in the State of Michigan.
• Competent within 6 months of hire with all age groups within defined patient population. Demonstrates sensitivity when interacting with diverse ethnic groups.
• BLS certified

QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED

• Bachelor's in Nursing preferred.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26003919
• Daily Work Times: 7:00am-5:30pm
• On Call: Yes

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.