Clin Nurse PRN Dept

RN Intermediate Medical Care – PRN

Rotating

Improve health, instill humanity, and inspire hope. That’s just the beginning of the difference you can make when you join our team of Registered Nurses on the Intermediate Medical Care Unit at Beaumont Hospital, Wayne.  

IMC is a high-energy unit that promotes a positive culture and work environment with flexible scheduling; we strive to maintain a competitive nurse to patient ratio. Nurses on this unit are teamwork oriented and have excellent support staff which include nursing assistants, telemetry technicians and unit secretaries. We care for a diverse patient population including, but not limited to, respiratory, cardiac, and neuro illnesses. It is common to have patients on cardiac drips, cardiac catheterization patients and COPD/pneumonia/CHF patients. IMC staff meet once a month for unit council to address staff concerns and serve as a voice for the unit. Unit council also plans activities which include unit outings, in house activities and volunteer opportunities.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The clinical nurse, under the ANA scope of practice utilizes the framework of the nursing process to provide professional nursing care by incorporating patient-family centered care principles. The Clinical Nurse provides quality patient care under the direction of the Nurse Leader according to Beaumont policies and procedures.

BENEFITS

Beaumont offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health and life-work balance goals.

• NEW On-demand pay program – powered by payactiv
• Our employees receive special discounts on a wide range of products and services
• Personal contribution to 403b savings plan
• Free onsite parking at all campuses

STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

1. Education / Training:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with an associate degree or higher. Diploma, A.D.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., DNP/PhD – if not minimum BSN prepared, new graduate/nurse with less than one (1) year experience is required to sign an educational contract upon hire to complete BSN within specified timeframe and adhere to contract stipulations. RN must enroll in an accredited BSN program within one (1) year of licensure date and complete within the next five (5) years. This is effective April 18, 2023.

1. Work Experience:

• 2 years of clinical experience preferred
  • External candidates are required to have a minimum of 15 months of clinical experience (1 year clinical experience completion of nursing orientation) required.
    • External candidates must successfully complete a competency assessment provided by nursing education required.

1. 1. Internal candidates with less than 2 years of clinical experience must submit a letter of recommendation from their current Nurse Manager.

1. Certification, Licensure, Registration:

• RN with active license in State of Michigan. Specialty Certification highly recommended after 2 years in specialty.

1. Other Qualifications:

• Current American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers certification and other certifications as required by department.

• Critical Care: ACLS within 6 months of hire/transfer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:      

1. Applies the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and discharge needs of patient/family/significant other.
2. Applies the Core Concepts of Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC) in practice and uses this knowledge to personalize care for each patient/family.
3.  Recognizes the impact of nursing care and patient/family partnerships on patient outcomes.
4. Partners with and utilizes patient/family input and goals in planning plan of care.
5. Provides quality care that meets or exceeds the expectations of value (core measures, quality matrix, patient experience, fiscally responsible).
6. Provides assistance to individuals in a manner that takes into account their special needs, age-related and cultural-related needs.
7. Recognizes the roles of the interdisciplinary team, patient and family care partners and utilizes them appropriately as resources in planning patient care.
8. Delegates appropriate tasks.
9. Demonstrates knowledge of and competently performs technical procedures and uses equipment properly.
10. Documents in the patient record in a timely, accurate and concise manner. Develops teaching strategies for patient/family; documents education and learning appropriately in health record.
11. Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and is responsible for continuing personal education, mentoring peers and educating patients and families.
12. Stays up to date with current health system initiatives and incorporates evidence based practice and research into practice. Maintains current knowledge in area of clinical practice.
13. Completes a self-appraisal that includes professional goals annually and completes peer review.
14. Participates in department-based activities, staff meetings and committees.
15. Actively participates in hand offs of care, including the patient, family and partners in care.
16. Demonstrates knowledge, understanding and embraces cultural traditions and lore of community served.

This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

1. Physical Effort:

• Strength

Position requires ability to frequently push/pull up to 30 lb. objects with assist of others, occasional requires ability to lift objects more than 50 lbs. with others, constantly lift objects up to 20 lbs. And frequently lift up to 40 lbs.

• Manual Dexterity

Position requires incumbent to constantly perform simple motor skills such as standing, walking and simple manipulative skills such as writing. Position requires incumbent to frequently perform moderately difficult manipulative skills such as positioning patients.

• Coordination

Position requires incumbent to constantly perform gross body coordination such as walking. Frequently perform tasks which require hand-eye coordination such as assisting patients to eat, collections of specimens for transport to lab and tasks which require arm-hand steadiness such as taking patients temps and pulses.

• Mobility

Positions requires incumbent to constantly walk and stand; occasionally sit for prolonged periods, frequently bend such as when caring for a patient in bed.

• Visual Discrimination

Positions requires incumbent to constantly see objects far away as in driving and see close objects such as reading thermometers.

• Hearing

Positions requires incumbent to constantly be able to hear normal sound with some background noise as in answering phone/intercom. Frequently be able to distinguish sound as in equipment alarms.

1. Work Environment:

• Employee may be frequently exposed to electro-magnetic radiations as in VDTs. Occasionally exposed to hazardous material other than blood, body tissues, or fluids, dust, toxins, cytotoxins, chemical hazardous materials, bodily injuries, loud and/or unpleasant noises, high humidity, electrical hazards, or poisonous substances. Infrequently exposed to blood, body tissue, or fluids. Seldom exposed to fluctuations in temperature, grease, oil, and radiation.
• Potential risk of an exposure to hazardous medications or waste materials of hazardous medications.

Beaumont Hospital, Wayne
Serving the region since 1957, this 99-bed, full-service acute care center is the only one in the Wayne, Westland, Garden City, Canton, Inkster and Romulus area verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level III trauma center and certified by The Joint Commission. The hospital has a long-standing partnership with Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to handle a variety of health and communicable disease concerns. This community-focused hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a high-preforming facility in congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kidney failure and maternal services.

This is where extraordinary begins. Find out where it can take you and your career.  Apply Now!