RN Registered Nurse - General & Cardiac Operating Room

Details

• Sign-on Bonus : Up to $20,000
• Department : Surgical Services General & Cardiac
• Schedule : Full time. Multiple shifts available. Variable days including weekends, holidays, and call per unit rotation.
• Hospital : Ascension Borgess Hospital
• Location : Kalamazoo, MI

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example : Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.

Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

Provide professional nursing care within Borgess Medical Center. The practice of professional nursing is the systematic application of specialized knowledge and skill, derived from the biological, physical, and behavioral sciences to the care, treatment, counsel and health teaching of individuals who are experiencing changes in normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health and the prevention or management of illness, injury or disability and demonstrates this through the application of the Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice and Standards of Professional Performance defined by the American Nurses Association.

Recognize that each patient is an unique individual and has the right to quality nursing care that ensures mutual goal setting between the Registered Nurse and the patient and assures patient rights and privacy are protected.

Recognizing personal, interpersonal, and social systems, the nursing process facilitate the promotion, maintenance and restoration of an individual s health, incorporating knowledge of growth and development through the life span.

Must adhere to the additional educational and competency requirements that are listed in the addendum for each department in which they will be working.

Knowledgeable of nursing practice, procedures, competencies, and patient care standards as well as regulations and guidelines pertaining to nursing care.

• In collaboration with the patient and / or family, and healthcare team, participates in open discussion to identify mutual goals based on the nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis.
• Diagnose, treat and evaluate the human response to actual or potential health problems / needs.
• Evaluate the outcomes of the nursing plan of care and revises it as necessary.
• Assess, detect, monitor and attempt to prevent complications associated with health situations or treatment plans.
• Notify the physician of patient condition and response to nursing intervention appropriately and documents this action.
• Responsible for insuring that patient's pain is assessed, treated, reassessed, documented and evaluated.
• Delegation to other licensed and unlicensed care providers based on clinical nursing judgment and skill of the care provider.
• The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration :

• BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date.
• Licensed Registered Nurse obtained within 3 Months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date required.

Education :

• The Registered Nurse must have an Associates of Applied Science in Nursing (AAS) Degree or Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) or RN Diploma at start date.
• BSN is required within six (6) years of start date.
• Incumbents hired into position prior to 1 / 1 / 2015 are grandfathered with their existing educational degrees.
• Two (2) years of current surgery experience required. May consider candidates with less experience who are otherwise qualified.

Additional Preferences

2 years OR experience required. Scrub experience preferred. May consider other applicants with less experience. This is a position in Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery.