Registered Nurse - Stepdown Intermediate Care
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides leadership in coordinating and delivering quality, compassionate patient care. Using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, the nurse provides, delegates, supervises, and documents patient care and teaching for patients and families. The nurse communicates pertinent information to the healthcare team, helps resolve variances from patient goals, and ensures solutions are implemented. The position is in the 14-bed Stepdown Intermediate Care Unit, a Progressive Respiratory Unit caring for patients with acute and chronic respiratory conditions, including COPD exacerbations, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and pulmonary edema. Patients may require mechanical ventilation, non-invasive ventilation such as BiPAP/CPAP, or high-flow oxygen therapy. The unit cares for patients transitioning from the ICU and patients whose needs are escalating from Medical-Surgical units. Patients are continuously monitored via telemetry, and new hires must successfully complete mandatory telemetry training. The team works with a multidisciplinary group that includes a dedicated Unit Nurse Practitioner and support from the pulmonary team, including a rotating Pulmonary Fellow. This full-time, benefit-eligible role is based at Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital. The schedule is three 12-hour shifts from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., every other weekend, with rotating holidays. A $7,500 sign-on bonus is offered.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
- Health care provider certification (BCLS).
- Obtain ACLS certification within six months of hire.
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and deliver quality, compassionate patient care.
- Use the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide, delegate, supervise, and document care and patient and family teaching.
- Communicate pertinent patient and family information to the healthcare team.
- Participate in finding solutions when patient goals are not met and ensure those solutions are implemented.
- Complete mandatory telemetry training.
Benefits
- Full-time benefit eligibility.
- $7,500 sign-on bonus.
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Job Type
Full-time
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