Graduate Registered Nurse - DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital

About the role

DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital is Michigan’s first Level I Trauma Center, a pioneer in emergency medicine, and home to one of the busiest and most well‑equipped emergency departments in the nation. It hosts the state’s first and largest verified burn center (one of only 43 nationally), a leading 24/7 hyperbaric oxygen program, Metro Detroit’s first certified primary stroke center, and the nationally recognized DMC Rosa Parks Geriatric Center of Excellence. The Graduate Nurse (GN) works under the supervision of a registered nurse as part of the patient care delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Engages in patient care activities, including patient/family education, for a group of patients and families through communication and collaboration with all team members, ancillary services, and support services.
• Collaborates and cooperates with care team members to ensure consistency and quality of care and promotes productive employee relations among staff.
• Demonstrates understanding of and commitment to the philosophy and objectives of continuous improvement, teamwork, the DMC mission, vision, and values, and adheres to DMC Customer Service Standards.
• Under RN supervision, coordinates patient care activities (including patient/family education) for an assigned group of patients; assumes the role of care coordinator for uncomplicated patients; utilizes clinical pathways and protocols; incorporates discharge planning at admission; evaluates variance and progress toward goals; modifies plans to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Facilitates and manages patient care activities involving other departments to assure efficiency, minimize delays, and optimize patient outcomes.
• Participates in cost containment efforts.
• Under RN supervision, provides direct patient care as determined by patient, family, and unit needs: determining needs, identifying goals with patient/family, developing and implementing plans, practicing culturally sensitive, patient‑ and family‑centered care; ensuring physician orders are executed; documenting and communicating patient response; monitoring laboratory values for therapeutic medication ranges; assessing side effects and medication response; participating in quality improvement opportunities based on patient, family, visitor, and physician feedback; promoting safety for patients, families, employees, visitors, and the unit; identifying learning needs of patients/families regarding health status, ongoing care, and home care; initiating and coordinating interdisciplinary teaching and discharge planning; providing discharge instructions on treatment, follow‑up care, medications, etc.
• Under RN supervision, collaborates with physicians, care management specialists, and other health‑care providers in carrying out the nursing process: contacting and interacting with care management specialists for risk factors and referral mechanisms; seeking input from other caregivers in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing (BSN preferred).
• Must have temporary authorization to practice as a graduate nurse under the direct supervision of a registered nurse as required by law, regulation, or policy.
• Must be licensed to practice as a registered nurse by the state of Michigan within 90 days of hire; failure to obtain licensure within this period will result in reclassification to Nurse Associate (5NA41) or possible termination.

Skills

• Ability to work productively and effectively in a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities, and manage stresses associated with emergencies, time pressures, and varying patient emotions/attitudes/conditions.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies used in the work environment.
• Exhibits appropriate clinical judgment and analytical skills to provide comprehensive care and to formulate and document care plans.
• Demonstrates appropriate reading, writing, and comprehension skills to understand, communicate, and contribute to procedures, processes, orders, methods, and standards.
• High level of interpersonal and verbal skill and teamwork commitment to function effectively as a team member and to communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel to address customer needs.
• Demonstrates willingness to make a meaningful contribution to the work environment through behavior and attitude.
• Ability to change job‑related practices, priorities, or procedures and reschedule these activities in response to changing work conditions.
• Requires physical ability and visual/manual dexterity to move/transport patients and supplies, insert needles and catheters, prepare medications, and provide emergency CPR maneuvers.
• Mathematical ability to perform calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Schedule

Full Time, Rotating shifts.