Graduate Nurse

Job Description

About the Job: Graduate Nurse

DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) is one of the nation’s largest hospitals specializing in rehabilitation medicine and research. RIM is renowned for its clinical expertise in spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, amputee, orthopedics, and catastrophic injury care. The Institute houses the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery and the Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System (SEMTBIS), one of only 16 federally designated model systems of care for brain injury care and research. RIM also operates 31 outpatient sites throughout southeast Michigan specializing in sports medicine and orthopedics.

DMC is hiring Graduate Nurses for ALL facilities and ALL shifts. We’re “Better Together” with you on our team!

Job Summary

The Graduate Nurse (GN) is a valuable member of the patient care delivery team. Under the direct supervision of a registered nurse, the GN actively participates in patient care activities, including patient/family education. This role involves caring for a group of patients and their families through effective communication and collaboration with all team members, ancillary services, and support services.

It is recognized that specific patient care tasks may vary widely in type and frequency from unit to unit or across service lines, based on the nature of the patient population being served. Therefore, individual units or service lines may appropriately add to or delete from the duties defined in the Graduate Nurse job description when approved by nursing administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates and cooperates with care team members to ensure consistency and quality of care, fostering productive employee relations among staff members.
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the philosophy and objective of continuous improvement, teamwork, the mission, vision, and values of the DMC, and adheres to the DMC Customer Service Standards.
• Under the supervision of a registered nurse, coordinates patient care activities, including patient/family education, for an assigned group of patients and assumes the role of care coordinator for uncomplicated patients.
• Utilizes available clinical pathways and protocols, incorporating discharge planning into the care plan at the time of admission.
• Evaluates variance and progress towards goals, modifying plans to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Facilitates and manages patient care activities involving other departments to assure efficiency, minimize delays, and optimize patient outcomes.
• Participates in cost containment efforts.
• Under the supervision of a registered nurse, provides direct patient care as determined by patient, family, and unit needs by:
  • Determining patient and family needs; identifying goals with patient and family; developing and implementing a plan to meet those goals; practicing culturally sensitive and competent patient and family-centered care.
  • Following through to ensure that physician orders are executed according to the plan.
  • Documenting and communicating patient response to care and treatment; monitoring appropriate laboratory values for therapeutic ranges of medications; and assessing side effects and response to medications.
  • Participating in identifying quality improvement opportunities in response to patient, family, visitor, and physician feedback.
  • Promoting Patient, family, employee, visitor, and unit safety.
  • Identifying learning needs of patients and families regarding present health status, ongoing health care needs, and home care requirements if necessary; initiating and coordinating interdisciplinary teaching and discharge planning; and providing instruction for patient and family upon discharge regarding treatment, follow-up care plans, medications, etc.
• Under the supervision of a registered nurse, collaborates with physicians, care management specialists, and other health care providers in carrying out the nursing process by:
  • Contacting and interacting with care management specialists and continuum care management specialists as determined by patient assessment for risk factors and referral mechanisms.
  • Seeking input from other caregivers in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.
• Must have temporary authorization to practice as a graduate nurse under the direct supervision of a registered nurse as required by law, regulation in the state of practice, or policy.
• Must be licensed to practice as a registered nurse by the state of Michigan within 90 days of hire. If a license is not obtained within 90 days of hire, classification will be changed to Nurse Associate (5NA41) or employment may be terminated.

Skills Required

• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities, and deal with stresses associated with a patient care environment such as emergencies, time pressures, varying patient emotions/attitudes/conditions, etc.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies used in the work environment.
• Exhibits appropriate clinical judgment and analytical skills to provide comprehensive care and the subsequent formulation and documentation of care plans.
• Demonstrates appropriate reading, writing, and comprehension skills in order to understand, effectively communicate, and contribute to procedures, processes, orders, methods, and standards.
• A high level of interpersonal and verbal skill and teamwork commitment to effectively function as a team member in support of all services delivered on the patient unit and effectively communicate with patients, their families, and other hospital personnel to address customer needs.
• Demonstrates willingness to make a meaningful contribution to the work environment as evidenced through behavior and attitude.
• Ability to change job-related practices, priorities, or procedures and reschedule these activities in response to changing work conditions.
• Requires physical ability and visual/manual dexterity to move/transport patients and supplies, insert needles and catheters, prepare medications, and provide emergency CPR maneuvers.
• Mathematical ability to perform calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Job Details

• Job: Nursing
• Primary Location: Detroit, Michigan
• Facility: DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
• Job Type: Full Time
• Shift Type: Rotating

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