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Nurse Resident - Orthopedic Unit - 36 hours per week - 12 hour midnight shift

$10,000 sign on bonus & $2,000 shift bonus

Full-Time Benefit Eligible

Shift: Midnights 7:00 pm to 7:30 am with alternating weekend schedule

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Nurse Residency program supports the novice nurse in the delivery of safe, quality care within a collaborative interprofessional healthcare team environment. Additional support will be provided to the nurse residents in the form of peer groups, competency reviews and workshops. The nurse resident interprets the philosophy and goals of Henry Ford Health to others in the work setting; functions within established guidelines and demonstrates the ability to work effectively and develop therapeutic relationships with patients, their families and other professional and supportive personnel who provide patient care. Nurse residents will also participate in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and engage in implementation of solutions promoting optimum patient outcomes. 

UNIT OVERVIEW:

36 bed Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Unit. This unit sees patients that are undergoing elective or urgent/emergent surgery for total joint replacement, fracture fixation and spinal fusion/decompression. Unit is also equipped with a small (8) number of telemetry for patients requiring monitoring, Week days see a high volume of surgical admissions; including same-day discharges.

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