Registered Nurse - Radiation Therapy

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the cardiac care teams. The role focuses on assessing patient needs, developing care plans, and leading nursing activities across units such as Cardiovascular Services, Cath Lab, and Medical Imaging.

Candidates must be licensed in Michigan, obtain ACLS within six months, and have at least two years of acute care or ICU experience.

Qualifications

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice in Michigan.
• ACLS certification within 6 months of hire.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in cardiac ICU/CCU/ICU/ED or Cath Lab.
• Telemetry monitoring/interpretation experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess physiological, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients.
• Develop and implement written plans of care.
• Lead nursing care delivery and supervise subordinate staff.

Skills

Nursing

ACLS

Telemetry

Cardiac ICU

Cath Lab

ED Experience

Education

Licensed RN in Michigan

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.

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 of 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

• Requisition ID: 26003460
• Daily Work Times: 8:00am - 4:30pm
• 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.