Registered Nurse - Emergency - Part- Time - 11am-11:30pm Monday thru Friday & every 3rd weekend

GENERAL SUMMARY

Use independent professional judgment, analytical skills, and the nursing process to provide a full range of delegated, interdependent, and independent nursing services to patients. Within the framework of the Seven Dimensions of Patient Care and Benner's Domains of Nursing Practice, demonstrate clinical competence; compassion and customer service orientation; focus on process and outcomes; and cost-consciousness when assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care provided to patients.

Responsibilities

• Seven Dimensions of Patient Care: Coordinate development of a multi-disciplinary plan of care in accordance with Nursing Problem Care Sets (Core Outcomes and Core Intervention Sets) and/or clinical practice guidelines, age-specific requirements and professional and regulatory requirements to ensure appropriate length of stay, use of resources, and achievement of quality outcomes.
• Help to alleviate patient fears and anxiety through skilled application of professional and interpersonal communication.
• Utilize a variety of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches to ensure patient comfort and relief of pain.
• Collaborate with patient/family, hospital staff, and community agencies to develop discharge plans that prepare patients for continued care needs.
• Orientation Self-Evaluation: (C) Competent (NT) Needs Training or Review.
• Standards of Performance: - Seven Domains of Nursing Practice. - Helping/Teaching & Coaching: - Incorporate all elements of Signature Care in Daily interactions with patient.

Qualifications

• Sign On Bonus: $6,500
• Department: Emergency
• Schedule: Part-time 11am – 11:30pm Monday thru Friday & every 3rd weekend
• Hospital: Henry Ford Health Genesys
• Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan

Skills

• Knowledge and skill application of basic nursing procedures - dressing change, catheterization, NG tube insertion, suctioning.
• Implement/complete medical interventions as ordered. Initiate standing orders appropriately. Initiate and/or assists with all patient care activities including activities of daily living and provides other services as required for patient comfort, safety, and well-being.
• Assess and initiate interventions to prevent/minimize patient skin breakdown.
• Follow clinical practice guidelines and procedures as written.
• Establish and maintain peripheral IV therapy.
• Obtain body fluid specimens, per procedure.
• Obtains blood specimens if no phlebotomist assigned to area.
• Perform blood capillary glucose monitoring.
• Administer the following according to established policies and procedures: - Medications. - IVs. - Blood products.
• Prepare patients for surgery or other invasive procedures according to established guidelines.
• Perform or assist with procedures according to established standards of care and nursing practice.
• Utilize equipment based on manufacturers instructions and established nursing procedure. Correctly operates and trouble shoots IV pumps, PCA pumps, epidural pumps, feeding pumps, patient beds, as applicable.
• Maintain a safe and physically safe environment for the patient including use and documentation of restraints according to policy.
• Communicate with other professionals/departments and physician staff to ensure appropriate progress of patients through the system.
• Monitor individual patient length of stay (LOS); notifies case manager and nurse manager of potential LOS/discharge issues.
• Identify ethical issues related to patient care (including issues related to advanced directives) and initiates steps for resolution.
• Communicate with patients and families cordially, diplomatically, and respectfully.
• Act to resolve customer concerns/complaints immediately; reports complaints that cannot be immediately resolved to Patient Care Director, Clinical Manager, or House Supervisor.
• Support organizational, nursing department, and unit strategic goals and activities; participates in department and unit based council/staff activities meetings.
• Evaluate own performance utilizing input from peers, co-workers, managers, physicians, customers, and develops a plan for continual improvement.
• Complete yearly safety and unit specific education requirements (GLI).
• Provide input on appropriate patient care assignments; taking into consideration patient condition and knowledge/experience/work load of staff.
• Communicate with team members about work to be completed/problems encountered.
• Assist team members with patient care activities as needed.
• Assist other "teams" as situation requires.
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of a healthy work environment by: - Treating co-workers with respect. - Communicating to co-workers with respect; resolving conflicts and/or negative feelings promptly, privately, and appropriately. Taking responsibility for personal actions, behaviors, and attitudes and not displacing anger or frustration onto co-workers, patients, or families.
• Communicate appropriate patient care issues/concerns to nurse manager.
• Respond appropriately to changes in unit workloads, patient census, and/or staffing levels.
• Interpersonal skills necessary in order to interact with patients/families, other nursing staff members, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when planning and performing professional nursing care, resolving patient care problems, and dealing with patients and families; often during stressful situations.
• Ability to walk or stand continuously and frequently lift and position patients.

Benefits

• ***NEW PREMIUMS***- 5% Market Pay Differential
• Increased Night Shift Premium - 10%
• $2 Weekend Differential

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Part-time 11am – 11:30pm Monday thru Friday & every 3rd weekend