Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Dept

About the position

At UP Health System - Marquette, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you're not just valued as an employee, but as a person. As a registered nurse (RN) joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes specialized plan-of-care intervention and serves as a patient-care innovator.
• Shapes exceptional patient journeys every day and leverages skills and technology to impact patient wellbeing.
• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, and other medical care treatment.
• Documents patient care given.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
• Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.

Requirements

• State of Michigan RN license.
• Associate degree from an accredited nursing school (bachelor's degree preferred).
• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS-HCP).
• Handle with Care- Advanced (within 90 days).
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) (within 1 year).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) (within 1 year).
• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) (within 1 year).
• Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) (within 1 year).

Nice-to-haves

• One to two years of inpatient med/surg or critical care experience.

Benefits

• $7,500 sign-on bonus w/24-month commitment.
• Shift Differentials: $2.60 nights, $2.00 weekends, $1.10 afternoons, $1.00 Specialty Certs, double-time incentive shifts, plus flexible shifts/self-scheduling.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus flexible spending, and health savings accounts.
• Competitive paid time off and extended illness bank package for full-time employees.
• Income-protection programs, such as life, accident, critical-injury insurance, short- and long-term disability, and identity theft coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement and 401(k) matching.
• Employee assistance program including mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.