RN - PCU

Company: Beaumont Health
Location: Ann Arbor
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description:

Improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope, that's just the beginning of the difference you can make when you join our tea! Beaumont is now offering a $10,000 sign on bonus for this Full time position. Do you have student loan debt? Become an eligible team member and apply for our Student Loan Assistance pilot program, which provides fulltime employees up to $420 per month ($210 for part-time) toward loan debt. Applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. A limited number of awards will be available. Apply for a position today and speak with a recruiter to see if you qualify. UNIT SUMMARY This 64 bed PCU practices patient and family centered care. Telemetry/Step-down unit. Our unit consists of highly motivated, skilled Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and Telemetry Technicians working together as a team. PCU cares for a wide variety of critically ill patients who require cardiac drips with need for titration, ventilated patients, and those that require a higher level of supportive care. GENERAL SUMMARY The Registered 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 Registered 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.Work today, get paid tomorrow with PayActiveGenerous paid time off, holidays and flexible schedulingOur employees receive special discounts on a wide range of products and servicesExceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance plansTuition ReimbursementRelocation assistanceSavings & retirement plans, disability insurance, identify theft protection and even home and auto insuranceFree onsite employee parking STANDARD QUALIFICATIONSTo 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.Education / Training: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. 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 hire date and complete within the next three (3) years. This is effective September 1, 2017.Specialty Certification highly recommended after 2 years in specialty.Work Experience: As required by job posting Certification, Licensure, Registration: RN with active license in State of MichiganOther 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: Applies the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and discharge needs of patient/family/significant other.Applies the Core Concepts of Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC) in practice and uses this knowledge to personalize care for each patient/family.Recognizes the impact of nursing care and patient/family partnerships on patient outcomes.Partners with and utilizes patient/family input and goals in planning of care.Provides quality care that meets or exceeds the expectations of value (core measures, quality matrix, patient experience, fiscally responsible).Provides assistance to individuals in a manner that takes into account their special needs, age-related and cultural-related needs.Recognizes the roles of the interdisciplinary team, patient and family care partners and utilizes them appropriately as resources in planning patient care.Delegates appropriate tasks.Demonstrates knowledge of and competently performs technical procedures and uses equipment properly.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.Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and is responsible for continuing personal education, mentoring peers and educating patients and families.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.Completes a self-appraisal that includes professional goals annually and completes peer review.Participates in department-based activities, staff meetings and committees.Actively participates in hand-offs of care, including the patient, family and partners in care.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: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 Position 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 Position requires incumbent to constantly see objects far away as in driving and see close objects such as reading thermometers.Hearing Position 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.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, cytotoxons, 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, Farmington HillsServing the greater Farmington Hills area since 1965, this hospital has grown in size and capabilities over the decades to become a Level II trauma hospital that serves as the base teaching hospital for Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills has received national recognition from U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation's high-performing facilities for multiple procedures and conditions and has been recognized as a Magnet --designated hospital for nursing excellence. ABOUT BEAUMONT Beaumont offers you a world of opportunity throughout Southeast Michigan. With eight hospitals and 155 outpatient sites you'll have a wide variety of practice settings to choose from. Beaumont has more nationally ranked hospitals in Michigan than any other health system. This is where extraordinary begins. Find out where it can take you and your career. Apply Now!

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