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Description - External

Registered Nurse - Contingent Position

Location: Brighton Center for Recovery

General Summary:

• Provides direct nursing care to substance abuse patients in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

• Use critical thinking skills and problem solving ability on a routine bases to facilitate safe and efficient operations for the patient care experience.

• Identify and prioritize individualized needs based on assessment.

• Initiate and implement a written plan of care by developing/choosing standards of care, defining interventions and developing patient outcomes.

• Collaborate with other caregivers to plan for appropriate discharge or transfer to appropriate level of care.

• Coordinate patient's care to assure procedures, treatments, transfers, and/or referrals are completed in a timely manner, encompassing standards of clinical nursing practice and Brighton Hospital policies.

• Consistently perform nursing skills according to standards of clinical nursing practice, commencing with the assign unit and per Brighton Hospital policy and procedures.

• Guide Unit Techs in provision of care for assigned patients.

• Orientate and/or train new personnel as required.

• Participate in staff meetings, department QI activities, peer review and voluntary committees.

• Comply with all infection control and safety policies/procedures.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to successfully pass medication competency examination and department specific competencies during orientation period.

• Interpersonal skills necessary to deal effectively with physicians, other PHMC associates, patients and families.

• Knowledgeable of the JCAHO standards as they apply to the ambulatory network.

Qualifications - External

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• Must be certified or obtain CPI certification within 120 days of employment and maintain current certification thereafter required.

• Licensed as a registered nurse in the State of Michigan required.

• Basic Life Support Provider certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) required within 120 days of hire/transfer date.

• Education:

• Associates degree in Nursing required.

• Work Experience: - Minimum of two (2) years work experience as a BSN, RN or LPN preferred. - RN with some substance use understanding.

Additional Information

• Organization: Henry Ford Brighton Center for Recovery

• Department: HFBCFR Alcohol Dependency

• Shift: Rotating

• Union Code: MIDET BrightonCtr Recovery 337

  Additional Details

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 functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer