Registered Nurse - Surgical ICU - 36 Hours - Midnights

Henry Ford Health; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health operates a 12 bed surgical intensive care unit in Detroit, Michigan. The team cares for post-surgical, post-neurosurgical, and trauma patients, including those receiving thrombectomy or IV thrombolytics.

BSN preferred; graduation from an accredited nursing program required; 1-2 years nursing experience and current Michigan licensure. Henry Ford Health provides a broad continuum of care across 13 hospitals and many ambulatory locations, emphasizing compassionate, high-quality

Qualifications

• BSN preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.
• 1-2 years of nursing experience.
• Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in coordination and delivery of quality patient care.
• Uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, evaluate and document care and teaching.
• Communicates patient/family information to the health care team.
• Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and implements solutions.
• Acts as a patient advocate providing goal-focused, safe, age-specific care.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing process

Communication

Patient advocacy

Teaching

Documentation

Education

BSN preferred

Graduation from accredited nursing program

Job description

GENERAL SUMMARY

• Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care.


• Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family.


• Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team.


• Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.


• Acts as a patient advocate while utilizing the nursing process to plan, deliver, and evaluate goal focused, individualized, safe, age specific care for all patients including those with complex pathophysiological needs and/or psychosocial needs.

Unit Description

12 bed surgical intensive care unit. Patient population is a mix of post-surgical, post neurosurgical, and trauma. Unit also serves neuro patients. Patient who receive mechanical thrombectomy or IV thrombolytics are admitted here.

Company Description

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.


• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.


• 1-2 years of nursing experience

Licenses:

• Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.