Registered Nurse Team Leader - Medical Surgical

McLaren Health Care • Petoskey, MI

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse Team Leader delivers nursing care within the assigned unit’s scope of practice, following hospital policies and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and standards of practice.

The role is in a 60-bed Medical Surgical unit caring for a broad range of patient populations other than pediatric and critical-care patients. These include stroke and trauma patients, post-surgical patients, patients receiving inpatient hospice care, and patients with medical conditions such as sepsis, detoxification needs, COPD, kidney stones, and foot ulcers. The unit is a Primary Stroke Center and Level 2 Trauma Center, with surgical services including orthopedics, vascular, general surgery, neurosurgery, urology, and bariatrics.

The unit has a charge nurse who oversees all 60 beds, supports staff as a clinical resource, assists with patient care, and tracks admissions and discharges. The role requires working collaboratively in a team environment with a nurse-to-patient ratio of 6:1.

This position is scheduled for night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., for 72 hours biweekly.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience in a specialty area may be considered; experience specific to the unit or position may be required to maintain unit competency as required by a regulatory agency.
• Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as a Healthcare Provider.

Nice To Haves

• One year of professional nursing experience.
• ACLS certification is preferred in units other than those where it is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess each assigned patient, document and evaluate the patient’s response to the plan of care, and take appropriate corrective action.
• Plan and implement the patient’s plan of care or standard of care and provide patient teaching using that plan.
• Oversee ancillary personnel performing technical tasks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree