Registered Nurse - Surgical ICU, Midnights

Job Description

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. 

•  Acts as a patient advocate while utilizing the nursing process to plan, deliver, and evaluate goal focused, individualized, safe, age specific care for all patients including those with complex pathophysiological needs and/or psychosocial needs.

Unit Description

12 bed surgical intensive care unit.  Patient population is a mix of post-surgical, post neurosurgical, and trauma.  Unit also serves neuro patients.  Patient who receive mechanical thrombectomy or IV thrombolytics are admitted here.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.
• 1-2 years of nursing experience 

Licenses:

• Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.

Additional Information