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Registered Nurse - Orthopedic Unit - Contingent - Day shift
Shift: Days with alternating weekend schedule
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care. Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family. Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team. Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions. Contingent Option 1: Unit-based contingent that reports directly to the Unit Manager/Unit Director. Meets all accountabilities of a Registered Nurse.
UNIT OVERVIEW:
36 bed Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Unit. This unit sees patients that are undergoing elective or urgent/emergent surgery for total joint replacement, fracture fixation and spinal fusion/decompression. Unit is also equipped with a small (8) number of telemetry for patients requiring monitoring, Week days see a high volume of surgical admissions; including same-day discharges.
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing.
- Previous 1-2 years recent related clinical nursing experience and a demonstrated level of performance and practice required.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
