Registered Nurse - Emergency Services West Branch

SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE UP TO $15,000 Department: Emergency Services

• West Branch Shift: Nights Daily Work Times: 7:00pm - 7:30am Scheduled Biweekly Hours: 72 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

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 elsewhere in 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.

Communicates relevant information in a manner that is understandable and effective. Shows organizational skills through effective planning. Utilizes the nursing process on admission and throughout hospitalization, actively involving the patient and family in the plan of care through: Assessment Planning Implementation Evaluation.

Demonstrates safe medication administration in accordance to established procedure. #LI-KH1 Required: 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