Bronson Battle Creek Hospital MICU Full-Time Day Shift (7a-7p)

Bronson Healthcare Group•Battle Creek, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse manages patient care throughout the length of stay under general supervision and in accordance with organizational, unit, and Michigan Public Health Code policies and guidelines. The role uses the nursing process—assessment, planning, diagnosing, implementation, and evaluation—to achieve quality outcomes and timely discharge. The nurse coordinates care provided by other professionals, delegates appropriate tasks, provides physical care within the scope of professional nursing practice, and documents and communicates the patient’s response to care, resource use, and anticipated needs. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies for the population served. The position is at Bronson Battle Creek Hospital in the MICU and is a full-time, 12-hour day-shift role (7 a.m.–7 p.m.), scheduled for 36 hours per week. The posting describes registered nurse standards of practice and professional performance, including comprehensive assessment, individualized care planning, implementation and evaluation of care, quality improvement, continuing competency, collaboration, ethical practice, research-informed care, safety, and professional leadership.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing required.
Licensed Registered Nurse in good standing in the state of Michigan.
BLS certification required by completion of core orientation.
Ability to read, interpret, and analyze data from computer systems and equipment to develop an appropriate plan of action.
Ability to communicate constantly verbally, in writing, and electronically.
For virtual nursing duties, ability to project speech clearly enough to be heard through audio-visual technology and communicate in understandable English.
For virtual nursing duties, ability to grip and use a computer keyboard and mouse.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred; nurses hired without a BSN or higher nursing degree must obtain one within eight years of hire.
Critical care or ALS certification and other unit-specific certifications may be required for some RNs.
For the applicable Labor & Delivery and Mother/Baby/Antepartum roles, National Certification Corporation Electronic Fetal Monitoring board certification is preferred but not required.
For the applicable emergency department roles, SALT triage, ESI Triage, and NIH Stroke Scale training; Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and TNCC certifications are specified for completion after hire.
For the applicable Special Care Unit roles, Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification is specified for completion after hire.
For applicable Labor & Delivery and Mother/Baby/Antepartum roles, the Fetal Monitoring Credential is required after completing the AWHONN intermediate fetal monitoring course.

Responsibilities

Collect and document comprehensive assessment data, including patients’ physical, developmental, emotional, and age-appropriate needs, and review vital signs for changes in condition.
Analyze assessment data to identify patient problems, confirm problems with patients and families when appropriate, and document expected outcomes and plans of care.
Define individualized expected outcomes using patient and family input, incorporating patient values and ethical and cultural considerations, and coordinate discharge planning.
Develop care plans and interventions using clinical pathways when appropriate and information from patients and other members of the healthcare team.
Implement interventions, administer prescribed medications and treatments according to approved techniques and policies, and use evidence-based interventions.
Maintain patient comfort and safety, initiate and coordinate individualized patient education, organize and delegate care interventions, and evaluate care provided by self and others.
Evaluate patient progress and response to interventions and document progress toward expected outcomes.
Participate in quality improvement activities and use findings to improve nursing practice.
Maintain nursing knowledge, competency, professional records, and ongoing education; evaluate personal practice and participate in self-evaluation and peer review as appropriate.
Provide culturally and ethnically sensitive care, share knowledge with colleagues, support a healthy work environment, and collaborate with patients, families, and other health disciplines.
Protect patient autonomy, dignity, confidentiality, and rights; act as a patient advocate and use research and evidence-based practice to improve care.
Consider safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact when planning and delivering nursing services; delegate tasks appropriately and help patients and families understand treatment and care options, costs, risks, and benefits.
Provide professional leadership, participate in nursing councils and committees as appropriate, attend at least 50% of unit staff meetings, and contribute to a professional and healthy work environment.
For the scrub RN role, interpret procedure cards; check case carts and arrange for missing supplies; anticipate physicians’ and surgical-team needs; monitor patient condition and operative-field needs; maintain proper equipment and instrument use; update case information; support circulators with specialty equipment; and perform scrub duties across multiple services as assigned.
For the scrub RN role, take rotational after-hours call. HDU staff have additional on-call requirements beyond regular scheduled hours.
For the specified Bronson Lakeview and Bronson South Haven roles, complete the annual Workday CBL on swing beds and understand related documentation and care requirements; staff approved to work only in swing-bed facilities may cover shifts at either facility depending on acuity and staffing.
For the virtual registered nurse role, conduct admission screening, patient and family education, discharge planning, medication dual acknowledgments, diagnostic testing questionnaires, and patient safety activities using secure digital platforms.
For the virtual registered nurse role, mentor and support nursing staff, facilitate patient progression toward discharge using EHR tools, collaborate with bedside RNs on assessment and individualized care plans, and evaluate virtual nursing services for quality and compliance.