Registered Nurse - Telemetry

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Bay City, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a nursing leader to provide bedside care within a collaborative care model. The role emphasizes planning, delegation, and ensuring adherence to care plans for optimal patient outcomes.

Requirements include a nursing degree, MI license, and BLS; completion of a dysrhythmia course is required. Preferred candidates have acute care experience and orthopedic certification.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in Michigan.
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross.
• Must satisfactorily complete the first available basic dysrhythmia course.
• Preferred: Six months experience in an acute care setting.
• Preferred: Orthopedic Nurse Certification.

Responsibilities

• Assumes leadership role encompassing integration of evidence-based knowledge into practice.
• Delegation and coordination of tasks and assignments of nursing care.
• Facilitates/participates in patient conferences.
• Identifies and provides means to meet patients’ ongoing and discharge/transfer teaching needs.
• Seeks educational opportunities and mentors staff.
• Precepts/mentors new employees and students.
• Functions as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Patient care

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Licensed to practice in Michigan

BLS Certification

Basic dysrhythmia course

Orthopedic Nurse Certification (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 centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary:
Collaborates with physician to provide a plan of care that will return the patient to optimal health. Provides bedside nursing care and carries out medical orders. Delegates to and oversees Nurse Assistant, Patient Care Associate, OB Care Associate, Surgical Service Assistant, Nursing Clerk and Psychiatric Tech functions. Responsible for evaluating effectiveness of care plan.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Assumes responsibility for a leadership role encompassing:

• Integrating evidence-based knowledge into practice.
• Delegation and coordination of tasks and assignments of nursing care.
• Facilitates/participates in patient conferences.
• Identifies and provides the means to meet patients’ ongoing and discharge/transfer teaching needs by communicating with the appropriate resource persons and attending discharge/transfer planning conferences.
• Assumes the responsibility for professional growth by seeking out educational opportunities and utilizing programs in the hospital or elsewherein the community.
• Teaches and/or guides professional and ancillary personnel.
• Precepts/mentors new employees and students.
• Functions as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.

Required:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in the state of Michigan.

BLS issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross Certification.

Must satisfactorily complete the first available basic dysrhythmia course

Preferred:

Six (6) months experience in an acute care setting or equivalent

Orthopedic Nurse Certification

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010322
• Daily Work Times: 7 a - 7:30 p
• 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.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout 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 classificationprotected by law.