Registered Nurse/CVICU/Midnights/36 Hours
- BSN preferred
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
- Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans
- Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel
- Minimum of 1 year experience working as an RN in CVICU or comparable ICU experience preferred
- Minimum of 1 year experience working as an RN on a Step Down or Intermediate Unit preferred - must be able to read telemetry
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED: Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
UNIT OVERVIEW:
The Cardiovascular ICU offers a new learning experience each day due to the variety of cardiology and surgical specialties cared for in our 24 bed unit. Patient populations include heart transplants, acute myocardial infarction, severe heart failure, and cardiothoracic surgical patients. Our patients are cared for by a competent mix of both new and experienced team members under the leadership of an experienced charge nurse. Qualified candidates are hospital nursing team members who have gained at least one year of recent
in-patient nursing experience. The orientation phase is individualized to meet the needs of the orientees and begins monthly. Unit training typically is 12 weeks and successful completion of the hospital critical care course is also a requirement.
The CVICU has a strong shared governance program that is on the move developing the following standards, programs, and perks:
•Staffing and scheduling work group. Day shift hours awarded by seniority, participation and attendance.
•Every third weekend awarded based on attendance.
•Healthy work environment and service excellence standards.
•Unit specific education didactics.
•Unit mentorship program.
•Staff development program.
•Research work group. Recruitment, Retention and Recognition work group.
•In-unit recognition program. Education work group.
•Periodic in-servicing and education. Patient Care Standards. Work role re-design. Regulatory compliance standards.
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
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.