Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse (RN)
Specialty: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Days
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: 2+ years of ICU experience
License: Michigan
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
Must-Have: Comfortable with floating to Emergency Department and Step Down
Description:
Collaborates with physicians to provide a plan of care that will return patients to optimal health.
Provides bedside nursing care and carries out medical orders.
Delegates to and oversees the functions of Nurse Assistants, Patient Care Associates, Surgical Service Assistants, Nursing Clerks, and Psychiatric Technicians.
Responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of the care plan.
Assumes responsibility for a leadership role encompassing integrating evidence-based knowledge into practice.
Delegates and coordinates tasks and assignments of nursing care.
Facilitates and participates in patient conferences.
Identifies and provides means to address patients' ongoing and discharge/transfer teaching needs by communicating with appropriate resources.
Attends discharge and transfer planning conferences.
Takes responsibility for professional growth by seeking out educational opportunities and utilizing programs in the community.
Teaches and guides professional and ancillary personnel.
Precepts and mentors new employees and students.
Functions as a team leader to ensure proper patient placement and delegation of assignments.
Communicates relevant information in a manner that is understandable and effective.
Shows organizational skills through effective planning.
IMPORTANT:
A strict attendance policy is in place.
Any nurse who is absent from a scheduled shift, arrives more than 20 minutes late, or fails to fulfill their shift without prior approval will receive an attendance strike.
Three attendance strikes will result in termination from the assignment, effective immediately.
Extenuating circumstances, such as communicable illness or hospitalization, with appropriate supporting documentation, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
This policy will take effect on September 1, 2026.