Department: Emergency Department - West Branch
Shift: Nights
Daily Work Times: 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Scheduled Budgeted Hours: 72
Position Summary:
Collaborates with physician to provide a plan of care that will return the patient to optimal health. Provides bedside nursing care and carries out medical orders. Delegates to and oversees ER Tech functions. Responsible for evaluating effectiveness of care plan.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
:
Assumes responsibility for a leadership role encompassing:
Integrating evidence-based knowledge into practice.
Delegation and coordination of tasks and assignments of nursing care.
Facilitates/participates in patient conferences.
Identifies and provides the means to meet patients' ongoing and discharge/transfer teaching needs by communicating with the appropriate resource persons and attending discharge/transfer planning conferences.
Assumes the responsibility for professional growth by seeking out educational opportunities and utilizing programs in the hospital or elsewhere in the community.
Teaches and/or guides professional and ancillary personnel.
Precepts/mentors new employees and students.
Functions as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.
Communicates relevant information in a manner that is understandable and effective.
Shows organizational skills through effective planning.
Utilizes the nursing process on admission and throughout hospitalization, actively involving the patient and family in the plan of care through:
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation.
Demonstrates safe medication administration in accordance to established procedure.
Responds to real or simulated emergency and disaster situations according to established Policy & Procedure.
Maintains a safe patient care environment.
8.
Demonstrates competency and knowledge in performing basic and specific skills and the utilization of equipment required for patient care. (See unit specific competencies)
9.
Collects and analyzes data pertaining to patient care or unit-specific activity/process.
- Provides for age specific need of the population served according to unit specific competencies as evidenced by observation, documentation and peer feedback.
Qualifications:
Required:
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and holding a current license to practice in the state of Michigan.
Valid Michigan Registered Nurse License
CPR issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross Certification.
Must satisfactorily complete first available Basic Dysrhythmia course
Must satisfactorily complete ACLS course and Basic Neuroscience course within one year of hire/transfer
Must satisfactorily complete Non-violent Physical Intervention course within one year of hire/transfer
Must satisfactorily complete TNCC (Trauma Nurse Certification) within two years of hire/transfer
Must satisfactorily complete PALS within two years of hire/transfer
Preferred:
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans