Registered Nurse Team Leader - Medical Surgical

• Scheduled Biweekly Hours: 72 About the Unit: 60 bed unit where we care for any and all patient populations that are not pediatrics or critical care. This includes but is not limited to:
• Stroke Patients o And we are a Primary Stroke Center
• Trauma Patients o And we are a Level 2 Trauma Center
• Post Surgical Patients o With a robust surgical program including orthopedics, vascular, general, neurosurg, urology and bariatrics
• In Patient Hospice o When the patient cannot be managed at home
• Medical Cases o Sepsis, detox, COPD, kidney stones, foot ulcers, etc. We have a charge nurse who oversees all 60 beds, as well as an educator on the day shift and a supervisor on the night shift, and a manger during normal business hours. The charge nurse serves as a resource to help answer any questions, an extra set of hands when needed, a clinical resource, and tracks the admissions and discharges. The nurse to patient ratio is 6:1, and requires you to enjoy hardwork and teamwork in order to be successful. The team works incredibly well together and we are looking for members to join the team that uphold the same values - caring for every patient like it's your own family, and lending a helping hand to do what's best for our patients and team.

Responsible for the delivery of nursing care within the assigned unit scope of practice following hospital policies and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and standards of practice.

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1. Assesses each assigned patient, documents and evaluates their response to plan of care, and takes appropriate corrective action. 2. Plans and implements the patient’s plan of care/standard of care and provides patient teaching using the plan of care/standard of care. 3.

Oversee all ancillary personnel for technical tasks. Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Experience in a specialty area will be considered.

Experience specific to the unit/position may be required to maintain overall competency level of unit, as required by regulatory agency. Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license. American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as Healthcare Provider.

Within six months of hire into department, ACLS required for RNs in Critical Care, Emergency, Endoscopy, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac Rehab, Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down, Telemetry Floats. NRP required for RNs in Labor and Delivery; and PALS required for RNs in Pediatrics; PALS and TNCC within one year for the Emergency Department. Preferred: One year of professional nursing experience.

ACLS preferred in other units.