Registered Nurse - MICU - Part-Time - 7am-7:30pm 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

• 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.
• Provide patient care that reflects a respect for patient's rights, dignity, values, culture, preferences, and expressed needs. Assess patient/family needs for information and education across the continuum, plan and implement patient teaching using a variety of techniques and methods, and evaluate effectiveness of educational interventions.
• 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. Involves patient, family, significant others in development of plan of care.
• Collaborate with patient/family, hospital staff, and community agencies to develop discharge plans that prepare patients for continued care needs.
• Administer the following according to established policies and procedures: Medications. IVs. Blood products.
• 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 operate and troubleshoot IV pumps, PCA pumps, epidural pumps, feeding pumps, patient beds, as applicable.
• Monitor patient responses to treatments, medications, and tests ordered. Routinely check charts for new orders. Monitor patient physiologic parameters including vital signs, lab work, I&O, blood glucose; recognize and report meaningful changes and intervene appropriately. Document interventions accordingly.
• Recognize acute changes in respiratory status, neurologic status, and cardiac status and respond appropriately with direct intervention and physician/SWAT notification.
• Communicate with other professionals/departments and physician staff to ensure appropriate progress of patients through the system. Monitor individual patient length of stay (LOS); notify case manager and nurse manager of potential LOS/discharge issues.
• Evaluate own performance utilizing input from peers, co-workers, managers, physicians, customers, and develop a plan for continual improvement.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse license in Michigan.
• Minimum of one year of MICU experience preferred.
• Experience with SBAR tool or other standardized approach to data collection and information sharing when notifying physician of patient changes/concerns.
• Ability to walk or stand continuously and frequently lift and position patients.
• Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous substances, and moderately adverse working conditions due to performance of patient care activities.

Benefits

• Sign On Bonus: $6500
• 5% Market Pay Differential
• Increased Night Shift Premium - 10%
• $2 Weekend Differential

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Part-time 7am – 7:30pm Monday thru Friday & every 3rd weekend; 36-60 hours per pay period.