Employer: University of Michigan
Hiring Department: Northville Health Center
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Additional Information: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/261007/registered-nurse-ambulatory-care-northville-health-center-medical-specialty
Job Summary
The Northville Health is an Ambulatory Care facility dedicated to providing high quality health care services for adults and children. We are actively seeking compassionate, enthusiastic, and patient-oriented individuals who will share in the goal of creating the ideal experience for our patients, families, and employees.
Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.
Why Join Michigan Medicine?
Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan medicine is comprised of over 26,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world's most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.
What Benefits can you Look Forward to?
Nursing at Michigan offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits!
Hourly range for Registered Nurses $40.18-$62.31/ hour
- Evening Shift Differential-$3.00 / hour
- Night Shift Differential- $4.00 / hour
- Day Shift Weekend Differential- $2.90 / hour
- Evening Shift Weekend Differential- $5.90 / hour
- Night Shift Weekend Differential- $6.90 / hour
- Charge Nurse Differential- $1.00 / hour
The benefit package includes:
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
- 2:1 Match on retirement savings and immediate vesting
- Generous Paid Time Off Allowances
- Robust Tuition and Certification support programs
- Large offering of no cost CEs and professional development for advancement
Responsibilities*
- Provide nursing care to Internal Medicine patients specifically Allergy, Neurology and Pulmonary patients. May cross train to manage other Internal Medicine specialty patient populations as needed.
- Provide telephone triage, patient teaching, direct patient care, documentation with follow-up and coordination with ancillary services and related departments.
- Provide functional supervision to allied health staff.
- Work with the patients to develop and carry out clinical standards of care for various patient diagnoses.
- Independently and completely performs focused assessment to provide best practice patient care for families and patients with allergy diagnosis including food sensitivities, food allergies and other allergy diagnosis as appropriate.
- Recognizes Allergy Specialty information.
- Ability to develop Food Allergy specific protocols and competencies
- Collects, categorizes and presents data directly related to food allergy populations
- Prioritizes key nursing diagnoses to address physical and psychosocial/emotional areas.
- Practice is driven by theory and experience.
- Independently develops, implements, and evaluates plan of care that recognizes subtle changes in patients condition and adapts plan as needed.
- Experience in tele-health communication and phone triage.
- Utilizes standard unit technology and uses advanced technology as appropriate.
- Utilizes computer for basic functions as well as reference on patient conditions and treatment.
- Accurately assesses patient's/family's readiness to learn, organizes and executes individualized teaching plan, evaluates patient's understanding and modifies approach as necessary.
- Seeks out additional patient education resources beyond unit.
- Demonstrates ease in application of hospital policies and unit procedures and protocols.
- Anticipates, identifies and intervenes when there are concerns related to patient safety, staff safety and safe medication processes. Consults documentation to identify trends in patient status and enhance continuity of assessment and ongoing nursing care.
- Monitors referrals.
- Collaboration with other members of the health care team for optimal patient outcomes.
Expectations
- Demonstrated ability to interact effectively and build respectful relationships within and between services and individuals as measured by interviews, references, and performance evaluations
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and communicate well with others, including peers
- Demonstrated ability to seek constructive approaches to resolving workplace issues as measured by interviews, references, and performance evaluations
- Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities based on unit, site, and institutional goals/objectives
- Demonstrated ability to practice independently, set goals, promote teamwork, coordinate and perform multiple activities and problem solve as measured by interview, references, and performance evaluations
- Demonstrated ability to set and implement priorities, organize and delegate effectively and efficiently
- Demonstrated abilities in interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, organizational skills and problem-solving skills within all levels of the health care team
- Proven self-direction ability including initiative and creativity
