Registered Nurse - 8 S Orthopedics

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Adheres to standards of nursing practice of McLaren Flint, which consists of systematic approach to nursing practice by using nursing process.
• Affirms and documents patient’s status on admission and continuously thereafter including procedural areas.
• Develops written plan of care, including long and short range goals and nursing actions.

Inpatient Units

• Required: Licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice nursing in Michigan.
• BLS ACLS Certification within 6 months of hire or transfer for units specified: 2 Central, 4 Central, CCU, ICU, PCU, ER, and 12 South.

CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICES / CVCU

• Required: Minimum of two years of experience required in a cardiac critical care unit, step down unit such as 12T, 9T, 4C, PACU, etc OR in a cardiac cath lab OR in an emergency department.
• ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• PREFERRED: Previous experience in pulling arterial lines or venous sheaths.

CATH LAB

• Required: Minimum of two years of experience required in a cardiac critical care unit (2C, CCU, ICU), step down units (4C, 9T, 12T), Emergency Department, PACU, Cardiac Cath Lab, EP Lab or Neuro Interventional Procedures Lab.
• ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• PREFERRED: Previous experience as a Registered Nurse in a Cath Lab.
• CCRN certification.

FENTON ER

• Either (within the past 5 years): Two Years ED experience - OR - One-year ED experience with one-year critical care experience.
• ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer.

ENDO / OPERATING ROOM / PACU / PAT

• Possess 2 years of clinical acute care experience.
• BLS Certified.
• Medical Imaging/Radiology Required: Minimum of two years of experience required in a critical care unit (2C/ICU/CCU/SCU), step down unit, cardiac cath lab, ER, neuro interventional procedures lab.
• Competent in starting & maintaining IV’s.
• Competent to interpret 12 lead EKG.
• ACLS within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• PREFERRED: Previous experience working in MRI and Radiology setting.

NURSING RESOURCE

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice nursing in Michigan.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an inpatient nursing unit or ER within the last 5 years as an RN (to include: PACU, CVCU; to exclude: 11S, Joint and Spine, Rehab, Behavioral Health, Cath Lab, OR).
• Minimum of 6 months proven telemetry monitoring/interpretation experience within the last year and/or successful completion of McLaren Flint’s Telemetry Monitoring/Interpretation test within the last year.

COMPLETE THE INTERMEDIATE FETAL MONITORING COURSE AND PASS THE TEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH AWHONN STANDARDS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF TRANSFER OR HIRE

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 7:00 pm - 7:30 am
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call: No
• Weekends: Yes