Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit
About the role
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey across Michigan and around the world, offering a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex specialty care, health insurance, home health, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care, and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of the team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.
The ICU is a 24-bed unit responsible for neurosurgical, neurotrauma, and medical-surgical patients, requiring proficiency in hemodynamic monitoring, recognition and treatment of acute patient deterioration, and varied postoperative management. Qualified staff are trained in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), External Ventricular Drains (EVDs), Massive Transfusion Protocols (MTP), Malignant Hyperthermia Protocols, and Post-Cardiac Arrest care. Henry Ford Providence Southfield is an accredited teaching institution; the ICU works with a multidisciplinary team incorporating all specialties into daily care, including Intensivists, Nurse Practitioners, Critical Care Fellows, Residents, Social Workers, Case Managers, Dietitians, Speech Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Occupational Therapists. The dynamic ICU team serves the poor and vulnerable within the local community with an emphasis on compassionate, holistic care, and prides itself on teamwork for critical patients.
Responsibilities
- Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care.
- Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide, delegate, supervise, and document care and teaching of patients and family.
- Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team.
- Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.
Schedule
Three 12-hour shifts, 7:00 pm – 7:30 am, every other weekend and rotating holidays.
Pay
Sign-on bonus: $7,500.00.
Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
- Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.
- Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
- Health care provider certification (BCLS).
- Preferred: one year of critical care experience (ICU or ER).
Benefits
- Opportunities for career growth and collaboration with diverse teams.
- Mission-driven work with a focus on continuous learning and professional development.
Location
Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital.