Registered Nurse - Days/Nights PRN

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital•Saginaw, MI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurses at Mary Free Bed at Covenant are key members of a multidisciplinary team collaborating to provide patient- and family-centered rehabilitation care. RNs coordinate, direct, delegate, and provide care to multiple patients, developing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues to enhance care quality. They provide compassionate and courteous nursing care in accordance with departmental policies and service standards. Patient and family education is a primary focus, helping patients gain independence, use adaptation strategies, and return home. Nurses must provide care appropriate to the ages and developmental needs of the patients served. The RN is accountable for nursing care, including patient assessment, developing or following individualized plans of care in coordination with physicians and other disciplines, and delegating and following up on care provided by non-licensed staff. The role also supports quality improvement and patient safety, maintains professional relationships across the care team, provides excellent customer service, and contributes to a respectful and accountable work environment. RNs may assist with hiring, orientation, and mentoring employees or nursing students when requested or assigned, and are expected to follow fiscal and employee-safety practices. This is a per-diem position with variable hours, with day shifts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or night shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The role is based at Mary Free Bed at Covenant HealthCare, which provides inpatient rehabilitation services to the Saginaw region.

Requirements

Current licensure as a registered nurse in the state of Michigan.
Associate degree in nursing.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Strong critical-thinking, decision-making, delegation, and leadership skills.
Effective time-management and organizational skills.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work under time requirements and deadlines, solve unexpected problems, handle interruptions, and prioritize effectively.
Ability to demonstrate knowledge of lifespan growth and development and provide care appropriate to patients’ age-specific needs.
Ability to use computer systems for documenting patient care.
Ability to understand and follow employee-safety policies concerning possible exposure to blood-borne pathogens and hazardous materials.
Ability to perform the physical demands described for patient care, including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, reaching, transferring and positioning patients or equipment, and exerting the specified levels of force.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Certification as a Registered Rehabilitation Nurse; encouraged for Mary Free Bed RNs.
Previous RN experience, especially in a rehabilitation or acute-care setting.

Responsibilities

Assess patients and provide nursing care in accordance with individualized, patient-centered plans and applicable policies, procedures, and standards of care.
Coordinate care with attending physicians, consulting physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
Delegate care to non-licensed staff and follow up to ensure care is provided appropriately.
Educate patients and families to support independence, adaptation strategies, and return home.
Identify opportunities to improve care, report unexpected events, medical errors, and near misses, and participate in data collection or documentation audits as requested.
Promote patient safety and communicate safety threats or improvement opportunities to Nursing Leadership in a timely manner.
Demonstrate excellent customer service, protect confidential information, and address patients’ and families’ cultural and religious needs in care planning.
Maintain effective professional working relationships with physicians, colleagues, patients, and families.
Maintain required competency and comply with organizational policies, procedures, and care standards.
Promote a professional work environment characterized by accountability, respect, open communication, teamwork, and solution-seeking behavior.
Follow employee-safety procedures, address identified risks, and communicate concerns to Nursing Supervisors.
Assist with employee selection and orientation when requested, and provide employee or student mentoring and precepting when assigned.
Follow policies related to payroll, patient-chargeable items, and cost-effective nursing care; share cost-saving and efficiency opportunities with Nursing Leadership.
Document patient care using computer systems and prioritize work effectively under deadlines and interruptions.