RN - Hickman Hospital - CCU - $20,000 Sign On Bonus

ProMedica•Adrian, MI

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a core member of the patient care team, providing professional expertise and coordinating with nursing team members and other healthcare providers to deliver high-quality acute care. The RN places patients at the center of care decisions and provides compassionate care that fosters trust and comfort for patients, families, and visitors. The RN assesses patients, develops and implements individualized care plans, evaluates outcomes, administers authorized medications, and coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team. The role includes patient and family education, accurate electronic health record documentation, safety and quality improvement, effective communication and delegation, and practice within the scope of state licensure. The RN also participates in unit and healthcare-system practices, rounds with providers, conducts bedside handoffs, and supports meaningful hourly rounding. Other duties may be assigned. In Michigan, RNs must complete 25 hours of continuing education during the two-year period before license renewal, including at least two hours in pain and symptom management. ProMedica is a mission-driven, not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, serving communities across nine states.

Requirements

Current state license as a Registered Nurse.
Current CPR training.
For Michigan RNs, complete 25 hours of continuing education during the two-year period before license renewal, including at least two hours in pain and symptom management.
Comply with the nursing process and perform basic nursing skills competently.
Respond effectively and efficiently to critical situations involving patients, personnel, and visitors in a professional manner.
Evaluate own daily practice for errors and pursue corrective action.
Be open to new ideas and engage in a changing environment.
Function as a dependable team member and assist when requested or when a need is obvious.
Communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and all members of the healthcare team.
Maintain professional growth, development, and competency.
Navigate and retrieve information from computers and healthcare records.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Specialty certifications.

Responsibilities

Recognize patients or their designees as partners in compassionate, coordinated care that respects their preferences, values, and needs.
Elicit and communicate patient values, preferences, and expressed needs, and provide respectful care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Engage patients or designated surrogates in partnerships that promote health, safety, well-being, and self-care management.
Address patient and family education needs based on comprehension and learning style from admission through discharge.
Coordinate with patients, families, and the healthcare team to support appropriate care transitions.
Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
Use current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient and family preferences to guide care.
Assess patients, formulate nursing diagnoses, develop and implement individualized written care plans, and continually evaluate care effectiveness.
Analyze and prioritize problems and make sound judgments using logic and critical thinking.
Administer medications and carry out regimens authorized by state licensure.
Use quality measures and data to understand individual and system performance, and apply technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality.
Identify ways to reduce risk of harm, promote error prevention, report safety concerns and events including near misses, and participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice projects, or research.
Navigate, plan, and document patient care, status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly in the electronic health record.
Respond appropriately to clinical decision-support tools and alerts, and protect the integrity and privacy of healthcare records.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the healthcare team to foster respect, open communication, and shared decision-making.
Coordinate the patient's plan of care through interaction and communication with the healthcare team.
Work within scope of practice, delegate appropriately, and escalate barriers, safety concerns, and clinical concerns through the chain of command.
Deliver nursing care consistent with ProMedica's values, mission, philosophy, and policies, and maintain working knowledge of the state Board of Nursing scope of practice.
Use leadership skills to support systems thinking, communication, and change, and participate in healthcare teams to improve care, the work environment, and patient and staff satisfaction.
Follow the nursing process and assign, direct, delegate, and supervise ancillary personnel and support staff in roles that contribute to patient care goals.
Plan, organize, and deliver care within the work unit and participate in healthcare-system-endorsed practices.
Round with providers, conduct bedside reports and handoffs, ensure meaningful hourly rounding, and escalate concerns through the chain of command.
Perform other duties as assigned.