Registered Nurse Weekend - Operating Room

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide quality nursing care within the Karmanos Cancer Institute. This role includes patient assessment, care planning, and direct patient education, requiring a valid RN license in Michigan and relevant certifications. Join a dedicated team to enhance patient outcomes and safety.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, with a current RN license in Michigan.
• Experience in a specialty area considered.
• ACLS required within specified time frames depending on unit.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patients, documents and evaluates their response to the plan of care.
• Plans and implements patient care and provides teaching.
• Oversees ancillary personnel for technical tasks.

Skills

Assessment

Patient Care

Communication

Critical Thinking

Teamwork

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.

Job description

McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, 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, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.

Responsible for the delivery of nursing care within the assigned unit scope of practice following hospital policies and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and standards of practice.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Assesses each assigned patient, documents and evaluates their response to plan of care, and takes appropriate corrective action.

2. Plans and implements the patient’s plan of care/standard of care and provides patient teaching using the plan of care/standard of care.

3. Oversee all ancillary personnel for technical tasks.

4. Seeks to improve quality of service by continuously developing individual and unit competencies within scope of practice.

5. Integrates into practice the research of best practice benchmarking and clinical pathways, participates and cooperates with ongoing studies and clinical trials promotion and dissemination of research through professional forums including presentations and publications.

6. Measures, identifies and implements strategies to improve clinical practice outcomes and patient safety initiatives, and designs and monitors system nursing improvement plans.

7. Analyzes data to determine outcomes of infection prevention, nursing sensitive indicators, clinical effectiveness, standardization of processes, and patient safety measures and initiatives including AOA standards, CMS guidelines, and National Patient Safety goals.

8. Assumes the role of contact nurse as defined on each unit.

9. Performs other related responsibilities as necessary.

* Employees hired into a full time weekend position shall commit to work 72 hours per pay period between 7:00 a.m. Friday and 7:00 a.m. Tuesday. Employees hired into a part time Weekend Baylor position shall commit to work 48 hours per pay period between 7:00 a.m. Friday and 7:00 a.m. Tuesday.

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience in a specialty area will be considered. Experience specific to the unit/position may be required to maintain overall competency level of unit, as required by regulatory agency.
• Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as Healthcare Provider.
• Within six months of hire into department, ACLS required for RNs in Critical Care, Emergency, Endoscopy, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac Rehab, Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down, Telemetry Floats. NRP required for RNs in Labor and Delivery; and PALS required for RNs in Pediatrics; PALS and TNCC within one year for the Emergency Department.

Preferred:

• One year of professional nursing experience.
• ACLS preferred in other units.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

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.

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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.