Shift: Nights
Daily Work Times: 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Scheduled Budgeted Hours: 0
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 Nurse Assistant, Patient Care Associate, OB Care Associate, Surgical Service Assistant, Nursing Clerk and Psychiatric 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.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Valid Michigan Registered Nurse License
- BLS issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross
- Minimum one (1) year of comparable experience for the unit they are hired into.
- Must possess the same qualifications as required by regular staff in the unit to which they have been hired.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Pay: From $36.50 per hour
Expected hours: 36 per week
Benefits:
- Employee discount
Medical specialties:
- Medical-Surgical
Physical setting:
- Acute care
- Hospital
Standard shift:
- Night shift
Supplemental schedule:
- Holidays
Work Location: In person