Perianesthesia RN Resident

Munson Healthcare•Traverse City, MI

About The Position

Munson Healthcare is hiring a Perianesthesia RN Resident for a residency program combining clinical and didactic training. Training includes computer-based coursework, skills labs and simulations, EKG training, critical care and trauma case studies, and clinical and critical-thinking experiences. Residents will strengthen clinical skills and nursing judgment and learn to organize care for perianesthesia patients. They will work with up-to-date equipment and use evidence-based practice. Applicants must complete an online application and submit a professional portfolio and references. The portfolio includes a cover letter, resume with education and experience dates, unofficial transcript, first-person clinical narrative, and reference contact information. The clinical narrative should describe a meaningful patient-care situation, the applicant’s actions and reasoning, patient and family involvement, advocacy, outcomes, and reflections on nursing practice. Employees must be vaccinated or have lab-confirmed immunity for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, and receive an annual flu vaccine or have an approved medical or religious exemption.

Requirements

Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice nursing in the State of Michigan.
Submit a professional portfolio that includes a cover letter, resume, unofficial transcript, clinical narrative, and reference contact information.
Submit references as part of the application process.
Meet Munson Healthcare's vaccination or immunity requirements for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, and its flu vaccination requirement unless an approved exemption applies.

Nice To Haves

Nursing baccalaureate degree preferred.
Experience caring for adult surgical patients within the last 3 years preferred.
Recent critical care experience or PACU experience strongly desired.

Responsibilities

Participate in computer-based training, skills labs, simulations, EKG training, critical care and trauma case studies, and clinical and critical-thinking experiences.
Develop clinical skills and nursing judgment for caring for perianesthesia patients.
Organize care for patients in the perianesthesia population.
Use up-to-date equipment and evidence-based practice.