Registered Nurse - Postpartum - Part-Time, Nights - weekdays & 3rd weekend

Hospital:
Henry Ford Health Genesys

Location:

Grand Blanc, Michigan

Department:
Postpartum / Mother Baby Unit 001

Schedule:

Part‑Time 7:00 pm – 7:30 am every third weekend

Shift: Night Job

Sign On Bonus: $4,500

Union Code: MIGRA Teamsters RN Local 332

• Use independent professional judgment and nursing process to provide full range of delegated, interdependent, and independent nursing services to patients.
• Demonstrate clinical competence, compassion, customer service orientation, focus on process and outcomes, and cost‑consciousness while planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care plans in accordance with Nursing Problem Care Sets, clinical practice guidelines, and regulatory requirements to ensure appropriate length of stay and quality outcomes.
• Provide patient care that respects rights, dignity, values, culture, and preferences; assess family needs for information and education; plan and implement teaching; and evaluate effectiveness.
• Collaborate with patients, families, staff, and community agencies to develop discharge plans that prepare patients for continued care.
• Utilize the 4 Ps (patient, pertinent issues, picture, plan) to convey information at change of shift.
• Initiate risks assessment (fall, skin breakdown, VTE, aspiration); complete medication reconciliation; and implement appropriate protocols such as SKINN Bundles and Fall Prevention Plans.
• Document nursing interventions (NIC), outcomes (NOC), education, and evaluations each shift; monitor patient responses to interventions.
• Administer therapeutic regimens: medications, IVs, blood products, basic procedures (dressing change, catheterization, NG tube insertion, suctioning).
• Prepare patients for surgery or other invasive procedures; assist with procedures in accordance with standards of care.
• Maintain peripheral IV therapy; operate and troubleshoot IV pumps, PCA pumps, epidural pumps, feeding pumps, and patient beds.
• Monitor vital signs, lab work, I&O, blood glucose; recognize and report changes; intervene appropriately.
• Manage pain: assess pain levels, inform patients, administer analgesics or alternatives, and incorporate pain management resources into discharge plans.
• Recognize acute changes in respiratory, neurologic, cardiac, and urinary status; respond with direct intervention and notify physician or SWAT as appropriate.
• Respond to emergencies by initiating CPR, assembling emergency equipment, and performing immediate interventions when permissible.
• Provide support to families in crisis; promote a safe environment; use restraints appropriately and according to policy.
• Communicate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure smooth patient progress through the system.
• Identify ethical issues, including advanced directives, and initiate resolution steps.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and professional confidentiality standards.
• Resolve customer concerns promptly; report unresolved complaints to leadership.
• Promote safe use and documentation of restraints; utilize universal precautions for all patients.
• Apply cost‑effective use of supplies and resources; assist in evaluating new products and nursing practices.
• Support nursing department and unit goals; engage in quality monitoring, improvement activities, and staff counseling.
• Participate in teaching/mentoring of student nurses and new hires.
• Evaluate own performance using feedback; develop continuous improvement plan.
• Complete annual safety and unit‑specific education requirements (GLI).
• Provide leadership and guidance to other staff, communicate expectations, observe work, and assist with patient care activities.
• Work in a normal patient care environment with moderate exposure to noise, dust, and temperature; frequent exposure to communicable diseases and hazardous substances.
• Require 3–9 months of on‑the‑job experience for orientation to unit and departmental policies.

• Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Michigan Board of Nursing within 60 days of hire or transfer date.
• Certified BLS Provider (Basic Life Support) from the American Heart Association within 90 days of hire or transfer date (or certified instructor).
• Graduate of an approved professional RN nursing program.

• Organization:
  Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital
• Department:
  Mother Baby Unit 001
• Shift: Night Job
• Union Code: MIGRA Teamsters RN Local 332