Sign on Bonus: $10,000

Department: Intensive Care Unit - Weekend Only

Shift: 7:00am-7:30pm

Daily Work Times: Days

Scheduled hours per pay: 72

Position Summary:

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.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

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. Oversees all ancillary personnel for technical tasks.

4. Seeks to improve quality of service by continuously developing individual and unit competencies within scope of practice.

5. Integrates into practice the research of best practice benchmarking and clinical pathways, participates and cooperates with ongoing studies and clinical trials promotion and dissemination of research through professional forums including presentations and publications.

*Employees hired into a full time weekend position shall commit to work 72 hours per pay period between 7:00 a.m. Friday and 7:00 a.m. Tuesday. Employees hired into a part time Weekend Baylor position shall commit to work 48 hours per pay period between 7:00 a.m. Friday and 7:00 a.m. Tuesday.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience in 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.
• Within 30 days of hire required 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.

Preferred:

• One year of professional nursing experience.
• ACLS preferred in other units.

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 24002326
• Daily Work Times: 7:00am-7:30pm
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call: Yes
• Weekends: Yes