Registered Nurse

Memorial Healthcare•Owosso, MI

About The Position

Works under the supervision of the unit Supervisor, Manager, or Director. The Registered Nurse delivers patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation; guides patient teaching and ancillary personnel; and follows professional nursing standards and Memorial Healthcare policies and operating instructions. The role emphasizes responsive, flexible, knowledgeable service that contributes to the patient and family experience. The nurse assesses patients’ physical, psychological, social, and educational needs; develops, implements, documents, and updates individualized care plans; provides compassionate support and education to patients and families; and coordinates care with physicians and multidisciplinary teams. The nurse recognizes changes in patient status, prioritizes care, delegates and evaluates team members, supports safe care and quality improvement, and participates in staff education and meetings. The position requires the ability to travel independently among Memorial Healthcare facilities and to perform clinical tasks involving extended standing and walking, patient care and transfers, handling equipment and supplies, and use of clinical technology and electronic medical records. The nurse must communicate effectively, maintain confidentiality and self-control, and adapt to fast-paced or stressful situations.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Active, unexpired Registered Nurse license from the State of Michigan.
Current AHA-BLS for Healthcare Providers certification, or obtain it within two weeks of hire.
Meet departmental-specific requirements outlined in Attachment A.
Proficiency with computer applications, telephone, and technical equipment used by Memorial Healthcare.
Ability to enter clinical documentation using electronic medical record charting.
Ability to adapt and maintain focus in fast-paced, changing, or stressful situations and function well under pressure.
Ability to read and interpret policies, operating instructions, regulations, rules, laws, and other documents.
Ability to complete patient histories and head-to-toe, multiple-system assessments; formulate and evaluate care plans; understand physicians’ orders; document assessments, interventions, and evaluations; and calculate medication dosages and IV rates.
Ability to communicate receptively and expressively in English, verbally and in writing, with diverse groups.
Ability to see and hear for work-related purposes, visually assess patients and equipment, auscultate body sounds, palpate as needed, and accurately hear communication in person or by phone.
Normal hearing, with hearing aids permitted, for assessments, alarms, and communication.
Vision within normal limits, with glasses or contacts permitted, for monitoring equipment, reading medical data, preparing and administering medications and injections, and assessing patients.
Depth perception for fine tasks such as injections and sterile catheter and nasogastric tube insertions.
Fine motor skills in all fingers and ability to grasp and control equipment and perform precise procedures and handwritten reporting.
Ability to assess patients through touch, distinguish warm from cold, and feel vibrations.
Normal sense of smell to detect unsafe conditions or changes in patient status.
Full manual dexterity of both upper extremities.
Ability to travel independently throughout Memorial Healthcare facilities.
Ability to stand and walk for most of the time spent in the clinical area, sit intermittently for charting or reports, and perform bending, reaching, squatting or kneeling, and waist twisting as required for patient care.
Ability to regularly lift supplies, medications, patient supplies, and charts weighing up to 10 pounds; lift CPR and other medical equipment weighing up to 45 pounds; and assist with lifting, transferring, ambulating, and repositioning patients, requesting assistance when needed and supporting at least 75 pounds for these activities.
Ability to frequently carry items weighing up to 45 pounds and occasionally carry medical equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to push or pull 70–100 pounds when administering patient therapy and care or moving equipment and patients; and apply 100–125 pounds of force for CPR chest compressions.
Ability to climb a step stool if required.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, self-control, calmness in adversity, and professional, open, honest, tactful communication.
Ability to work cooperatively as a team member and maintain a positive, cooperative, and motivated attitude.

Nice To Haves

Related experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, and educational needs on admission and complete written assessments within the applicable time frame.
Identify patient needs and formulate a written care plan based on the assessment; initiate it within 24 hours of admission, implement and document its effectiveness, and revise or update it as necessary or at least every 24 hours.
Provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
Promote patient independence by setting care goals, teaching patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care, and answering questions.
Maintain quality of care by following therapeutic standards, measuring outcomes against care goals and standards, making or recommending adjustments, and complying with applicable nursing standards and regulations.
Resolve patient problems and needs using multidisciplinary team strategies.
Follow infection-control policies, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled-substance regulations to protect patients and employees.
Document and communicate care actions, irregularities, and ongoing patient needs to maintain continuity among nursing teams and physicians.
Communicate and collaborate with healthcare teams, respond to requests, build rapport, and participate in team problem-solving.
Use leadership skills to delegate to, communicate with, and evaluate team members.
Recognize changes in patient status and provide and document appropriate interventions.
Provide ongoing patient and family education based on daily assessment of disease processes, care requirements, and expected recovery.
Prioritize care according to individual patient needs and maintain a strong focus on patient education.
Initiate appropriate referrals to meet discharge needs in collaboration with case management.
Participate in in-service and continuing education, unit and hospital-wide committees, and continuous performance improvement.
Attend at least eight monthly staff meetings annually.
Communicate unit problems through the appropriate chain of command and participate in problem-solving.
Apply patient-safety practices to maintain a safe environment, use equipment and technology safely and effectively, and reduce the risk of adverse occurrences.
Support the hospital’s mission, values, standards, policies, procedures, confidentiality requirements, corporate compliance plan, customer-service standards, and standards of behavior.
Provide age-appropriate care by applying knowledge of lifespan growth and development and assessing and interpreting patient data in relation to age-specific needs and applicable unit and division policies.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Travel independently throughout Memorial Healthcare facilities.
Use computer applications, telephone, technical equipment, and electronic medical records to enter clinical documentation.
Perform patient assessments, understand physicians’ orders, formulate and evaluate care plans, document assessments and interventions, and calculate medication dosages and IV rates.
Maintain confidentiality and interact professionally, courteously, and tactfully with coworkers, hospital staff, administration, patients, physicians, the public, and internal and external customers.
Remain calm when facing adversity and work cooperatively as a team member.