About Us
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.
Registered Nurse-Emergency Department-West Branch
Department: Emergency Department - West Branch
Shift: Days/Afternoons
Daily Work Times: Variable
Scheduled Budgeted Hours: 48
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 ER Tech functions. Responsible for evaluating effectiveness of care plan.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
1. Assumes responsibility for a leadership role encompassing:
A. Integrating evidence-based knowledge into practice.
B. Delegation and coordination of tasks and assignments of nursing care.
C. Facilitates/participates in patient conferences.
D. 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.
E. Assumes the responsibility for professional growth by seeking out educational opportunities and utilizing programs in the hospital or elsewhere in the community.
F. Teaches and/or guides professional and ancillary personnel.
G. Precepts/mentors new employees and students.
H. Functions as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.
2. Communicates relevant information in a manner that is understandable and effective.
3. Shows organizational skills through effective planning.
4. Utilizes the nursing process on admission and throughout hospitalization, actively involving the patient and family in the plan of care through:
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation.
5. Demonstrates safe medication administration in accordance to established procedure.
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Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in the state of Michigan
- Valid Michigan Registered Nurse License
- BLS issued by America Heart Association or Red Cross Certification
- Must satisfactorily complete first available Basic Dysrhythmia course
- Must satisfactorily complete ACLS course and Basic Neuroscience course within one year of hire/transfer
- Must satisfactorily complete Non-Violent Physical Intervention course within one year of hire/transfer
- Must satisfactorily complete TNCC (Trauma Nurse Certification) within two years of hire/transfer
- Must satisfactorily complete PALS within two years of hire/transfer
Preferred:
None
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
