Registered Nurse RN

MyMichigan Health; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

MyMichigan Health is seeking an ED/SSU RN to provide direct patient care for emergency department, observation, and outpatient settings. The role requires multitasking in a demanding environment, with the ability to initiate care in life-threatening situations and to communicate effectively with EMS and the care team.

Candidates must hold RN credentials and complete key certifications within specified timeframes.

Qualifications

• RN: Registered Nurse credential.
• DIMC: Dysrhythmia Interpretation Monitor knowledge within 12 months of hire.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, ENPC, TNCC certifications within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a friendly, patient-centered attitude as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide direct patient care including medications, treatments, transfers, and patient education.
• Evaluate treatment effectiveness and collaborate on updating the plan with the team.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and MyMichigan Health policies.

Job description

Summary

The ED/SSU RN functions primarily in direct patient care, and demonstrates “competent” clinical practice with a variety of patients. The RN in the ED/SSU works as part of a team with a common goal of offering patient centered, timely care, in a safe and friendly environment. The RN in this position offers individualized compassionate care to emergency department patients, observation patients, and outpatients. The RN acts to initiate immediate care in the absence of a physician, in life threatening situations. The RN pleasantly provides nonjudgmental care for the acutely ill, as well as the non-acute patient. This position requires the ability to perform multiple procedures, utilizing both complex and simple nursing skills. This position requires assisting the physician and other members of the team to provide relationship based patient centered care. The RN provides comfort, both physically and psychologically, to patients, their families, and visitors utilizing the Relationship Based Care Model. Registered nurses shall provide patient specific discharge and follow-up instructions to the patient and family using appropriate language for the patient and family’s psychosocial intellect. This position requires the ability to communicate with EMS on a daily basis. The RN must be able to relay appropriate orders from the physician for pre-hospital care in a friendly and respectful manner. The RN in this role works with multiple types of sophisticated equipment and handles various types of patients in a friendly and frequently stressful environment.

Responsibilities

Essential:

40%* The RN as part of a multidisciplinary team, maintains a friendly customer oriented attitude at all times. It is expected that all team members will work together to provide the best possible care to MyMichigan Health’s staff, patients, families, visitors, community members, and any other person that is encountered while representing MyMichigan Health. It is expected that at all times the RN will treat every person they encounter with non-judgmental: kindness, compassion, respect and relationship based care.

30%* Regularly assesses patient’s needs and provides skilled nursing services as prescribed by the physician’s authorized plan of care and accepted standards of evidence based nursing practice. Provides direct patient care including medication administration, treatments, education, call lights, assisting with transfers, responding to alarms, and other duties as assigned.

20%* Evaluates effectiveness of treatment plan and makes suggestions or participates in updating/revising the treatment plan in collaboration with other team members, utilizing current information to improve patient care.

10%*The RN is knowledgeable and compliant with all local, state, and federal regulations and guidelines. The RN maintains knowledge of MyMichigan Health and ED/SSU specific policies and procedures relating to the care provided, guides patient teaching, and maintains professional nursing standards.

Certifications and Licensures

Credential: RN: Registered Nurse
Equivalent Experience:

Credential: DIMC: Dysrhythmia Interpretation Man
Equivalent Experience: Dysthrymthia Interpretation Monitoring (DIM) Certification or comparable cardiac rhythm knowledge required within 12 months of hire or transfer.

Credential: BLS: Basic Life Support
Equivalent Experience: Within 1 month of hire or transfer

Credential: ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Equivalent Experience: Within 12 months of hire or transfer

Credential: PALS: Ped Advance Life Support
Equivalent Experience: Within 12 months of hire or transfer

Credential: ENPC: Emerg Nurse Pediatric Course
Equivalent Experience: Within 12 months of hire or transfer

Credential: TNCC: Trauma Nurse Core Course or ATCN
Equivalent Experience: Within 12 months of hire or transfer

Credential: TEAM ADVANCED: Techniques for Effective Aggression Mgt
Equivalent Experience: Within 6 months of hire or transfer (Employees who are in this position on or before 12/31/2023 will have 24 months to complete this certification)

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Required Education

Education: Associates Degree
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Education Specialization: NRG

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Other Information

Other Responsibilities:
Demonstrates the MyMichigan Health mission, vision and values.
Behaves in a pleasant, courteous, and professional manner at all times with MyMichigan Health’s staff, patients, families, visitors, community members, and any other persons encountered while representing MyMichigan Health.
Maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient, family and other health care providers to assure that patient care goals have been accomplished.
Demonstrates the