Registered Nurse jobs at Munson Healthcare

TRAVERSE CITY, MI Do You Encompass These Traits? * Compassion * Communication * Attention To Detail * Patience Becoming a nurse in our orthopedic department is a fulfilling and demanding career that allows you to care for patients in all stages of life. Our orthopedic department gives you the unique opportunity to work alongside the top orthopedic experts in the region. No leading-edge orthopedic team is complete without next-generation technology. For instance, you will have the opportunity to meet ROSA, our robotic surgical assistant! Members of the care team must be flexible, demonstrate openness toward diverse lifestyles, and have a passion for helping people. They must be prepared to meet the complex needs of their patients and maintain a calm, caring demeanor in an environment that can at times be unpredictable. You will get to witness first-hand the dramatic recovery patients endure, and play a huge part in the healing process. D4 Orthopedics is a 24-bed inpatient unit - that primarily cares for adults who have undergone total hip, knee, or shoulder replacements. Other patient populations include stable trauma patients, joint revisions, and fractures. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU: * Accidental death and dismemberment insurance * Bereavement pay * Competitive starting salaries * Employee assistance program * Employee wellness programs * Financial planning * Full medical, dental, and optical insurance * Healthcare and dependent care flex spending account * Legal plan * Life insurance for employee and family * Long-term disability insurance * Paid holidays and paid time off * Retirement savings plan * Tuition reimbursement Click here for details about Munson Healthcare benefits! Requirements * Must hold a current Registered Nurse license in the State of Michigan. * 2 Years Relevant Experience * Diploma/ADN + BSN in 5 years Essential Duties * * Maintains and evaluates patient and staff data collection systems and processes to support the practice of nursing and delivery of patient care within their defined areas/s of responsibility. * Evaluates assessment practices to assure timely, reliable, valid and comprehensive data collection. * Diagnosis/Problem Identification * Fosters and evaluates an environment that empowers and supports staff, including the professional nurse in analysis of assessment data and in decisions to determine relevant diagnoses. * Identification of Outcomes * Maintains and evaluates processes that promote RBC and desired patient-centered outcomes that are culturally sensitive and inclusive of patient/family needs according to accepted standards of clinical nursing practice. * Promotes the integration of clinical and human resource data to support decision-making, which maximizes resource utilization. * Facilitates and empowers registered nurses to assume accountability for patient outcomes in their area of responsibility. * Planning * Supports organizational and RBC Unit Action Council plans related to the delivery of unit based nursing services and patient care. * Oversees and assists with evaluation of plan of care with the patient, family and other health care providers that prescribe interventions to attain expected outcomes. * Facilitates patient flow on unit as it relates to admissions and discharges. * Implementation * Assures the plan of care is safe, timely and appropriate. * Coordinates resources for maximum utilization of daily systems. * Evaluation * Evaluates patient care in relation to expected outcomes. * Participates in the evaluation of programs, processes and desired patient-centered outcomes. * Quality of Care and Leadership Practice * Embraces and supports Relationship Based Care and the Performance Improvement philosophy of Munson Medical Center. * Assists with evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. * Provides leadership in establishing a culture of safety. * Supports a shared governance philosophy. * Performance * Assists manager/director to evaluate staff performance based on professional practice standards, relevant statues and regulations, and organizational criteria, and RBC philosophy. * Assists manager / director through participation in the Annual Discussion process of same shift staff as well as providing assistance and feedback with the corrective action process as needed by unit. * Mentors and coaches staff to attain optimal performance. * Education * Seeks additional knowledge and skills appropriate to the practice setting by participating in educational programs and activities, conferences, workshops and self-directed learning. * Supports staff in meeting their educational needs. * Supports and assists in maintaining a healthy learning environment for staff and students if applicable. * Professional Environment * Fosters a professional environment. * Role models collaborative relationships between nursing, medicine and other disciplines. * Supports a climate of effective communication by role modeling Commitment to Co-workers. * Ethics * Bases actions and decisions on ethical principles. * Utilizes the Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide practice. * Fosters a non-discriminatory climate in which care is delivered in a manner sensitive to sociocultural diversity. * Collaboration * Collaborates with staff, providers and other disciplines and departments for provision of seamless delivery of services. * Research * Utilizes current research findings and current practice guidelines to strengthen patient care. * Supports and facilitates the involvement of nursing staff in evaluation and integration of research into the delivery of nursing care. * Resource Utilization * Assigns patient care consistent with organizational policies, primary nursing model of care, procedures, legal, and regulatory requirements, according to the knowledge and skills of the designated caregiver as per unit standards. * Maximizes utilization of scarce resources.