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Registered Nurse Behavioral Health – 36 Hours/Week Day – Jackson
Full Time Benefit Eligible
Schedule: 3-12 Hour Shifts from 7am-7:30pm; Weekend and holiday requirement
Location: Henry Ford Jackson
Preferred experience: Minimum of 1 year RN experience in any inpatient or behavioral health/mental health setting.
Henry Ford Jackson Hospital is a 420-bed, Magnet® designated, Level II Trauma Center. Acute care services are complemented by more than 40 community-based outpatient service locations. We are proud to provide a broad range of specialty services, from cardiac surgery and minimally invasive structural heart procedures to neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and total joint replacement. We also offer full home health care and hospice services.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care. Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family. Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team. Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.
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.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
· BSN preferred. If ADN, must be willing to enroll in an accredited BSN program within 3 years of start date, obtain your BSN within 5 years of start date.
· Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
· Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.
· Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
· Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
· Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
· Health care provider certification (BCLS).