Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit

McLaren Health Care; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 68,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care's Post Anesthesia Care Unit is seeking a Registered Nurse to coordinate patient care and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team. The role emphasizes teaching patients and families and adhering to professional nursing standards.

Responsibilities include applying ANA standards, maintaining regulatory compliance, and ensuring safe, ethical nursing practice in a fast-paced surgical setting. Michigan licensure and BLS are required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved registered nursing program.
• Must have a current Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• BLS Certification required.
• ALS Certified within three (3) months of date of transfer (Pre-Admission RNexcluded).
• PALS Certified within six (6) months of date of transfer (Pre-Admission and Circulator RNexcluded).

Responsibilities

• Coordinates total nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintained standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.
• The Registered Nurse is held accountable to the ethical and professional standards as defined in the ANA Code for Nurses, the ANA Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, the State of Michigan Public Health code and the ANA and Specialty Nursing Standards of Clinical Practice.
• The Registered Nurse is also accountable to adhering to the standards set by regulatory agencies such as but not limited to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), Conditions of Participation of Healthcare Finance Administration (HCFA), and Michigan Occupational Health and Safety (MIOSHA). These accountabilities require individual competence in nursing practice, and the recognition and responsible acceptance of individual actions and judgments.

Education

Graduate of an approved registered nursing program

Michigan Registered Nurse license

BLS Certification

ALS Certified within three (3) months of date of transfer

PALS Certified within six (6) months of date of transfer

Job description

Department

Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Daily Work Times

Variable Days

Shift

Days

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours

72

Position Summary

• Coordinates total nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintained standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.
• The Registered Nurse is held accountable to the ethical and professional standards as defined in the ANA Code for Nurses, the ANA Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, the State of Michigan Public Health code and the ANA and Specialty Nursing Standards of Clinical Practice.
• The Registered Nurse is also accountable to adhering to the standards set by regulatory agencies such as but not limited to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), Conditions of Participation of Healthcare Finance Administration (HCFA), and Michigan Occupational Health and Safety (MIOSHA). These accountabilities require individual competence in nursing practice, and the recognition and responsible acceptance of individual actions and judgments.

Required

• Education - Graduate of an approved registered nursing program.
• Must have a current Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• BLS Certification required.
• ALS Certified within three (3) months of date of transfer (Pre-Admission RNexcluded).
• PALS Certified within six (6) months of date of transfer (Pre-Admission and Circulator RNexcluded).

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26012338
• Daily Work Times: Varies
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call: Yes
• Weekends: Yes