Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Henry Ford Health•Southfield, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in a 24-bed Intensive Care Unit caring for neurosurgical, neurotrauma, and medical-surgical patients. The unit requires proficiency in hemodynamic monitoring, recognizing and treating acute patient deterioration, and varied postoperative management. Qualified staff are trained in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), External Ventricular Drains (EVDs), Massive Transfusion Protocols (MTP), Malignant Hyperthermia Protocols, and post-cardiac arrests. The ICU is part of an accredited teaching institution and works with a multidisciplinary team that includes Intensivists, Nurse Practitioners, Critical Care Fellows, Residents, Social Workers, Case Managers, Dietitians, Speech Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Occupational Therapists. The 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 patient and family information to the healthcare team, helps find solutions when patient goals are not met, and ensures those solutions are implemented. The position is at Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital and is scheduled for three 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., every other weekend, with rotating holidays.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.
Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and hospital personnel.
Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
Health care provider certification (BCLS).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
One year of critical care experience, preferably in an ICU or ER.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver quality, compassionate patient care.
Use the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide, delegate, supervise, and document patient care and patient and family teaching.
Communicate pertinent patient and family information to the healthcare team.
Participate in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensure implementation of solutions.