REGISTERED NURSE (Ypsilanti Health Center- Fam Med and OB/GYN)
This is a "multiple fill" job opening:
A total of two (2) (1.0 FTE), Registered Nurses will be hired to fill this job opening.
Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.
Why Join Michigan Medicine?
Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 26,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world's most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.
What Benefits can you Look Forward to?
Nursing at Michigan offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits!
Hourly range for Registered Nurses: $40.18-$62.31/hour
- Evening Shift Differential: $3.00/hour
- Night Shift Differential: $4.00/hour
- Charge Nurse Differential: $1.00/hour
The benefit package includes:
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
- 2:1 Match on retirement savings and immediate vesting
- Robust Tuition and Certification support programs
- Large offering of no-cost CEs and professional development for advancement
Responsibilities
Provide the delivery of culturally sensitive, age-specific team-based care models in nursing care within the Ypsilanti Health Center for Primary Care. This position also includes care of adult, pediatric, and obstetrical patients in family practice and specialty settings. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assessment of patient needs and assistance with medical issues related to health concerns.
- Manage prescription refill requests and secure patient messages.
- Adapt communication style to patients representing diverse personal, professional, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Utilize excellent listening skills to receive detailed information.
- Utilize electronic protocol database to assess, educate, and document all health information in an accurate and expedient fashion.
- Respond to the needs of a program (hours of operation).
- Meet minimum established quality and productivity standards.
- Knowledge and appropriate use of internal and external resources.
- Collaborate with providers when necessary in providing advice or determining disposition for patients.
- Provide functional supervision to assistive personnel; collaborate with colleagues, other disciplines, and health care/community services to promote continuity of care.
- Nurse visits including but not limited to pre-visit planning, medication reconciliation, patient education, and other nurse visits as requested.
- Telephone management, patient and family education, assistance with procedures, daily clinic operations management, functional supervision of assistive personnel, and other responsibilities as requested.
Expectations of the Position
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills through use of the nursing process, excellent problem-solving skills, and demonstrated ability to set priorities.
- Demonstrated customer service, interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to build respectful relationships within and between units and individuals.
- Demonstrated accountability and dependability including good attendance record with punctuality.
- Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities based on unit, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills providing patient and family education and coaching related to chronic conditions including but not limited to diabetes, asthma, and coronary artery disease.
- Proficiency with typing and electronic health record documentation. Ability to manage complex clinical issues utilizing assessment skills, protocols, and evidence-based interventions.
- Willingness to adapt to different populations (e.g., OB/GYN, adult medicine, pediatrics) as patients need. Orientation and training would be provided for new subspecialties within primary care based on expansion of division.
Nursing Specific Info
Salary & Nursing Framework Level:
This UMPNC RN posting is posted as Nursing Framework LEVEL C.
Actual Nursing Framework LEVEL and salary will be determined at time of hire.
Nursing Framework levels range from Level A to Level F.
Required Qualifications
- Current licensure to practice nursing in Michigan.
- Three (3) years (out of the last 5 years) of RN experience in Adult Internal Medicine (to include Adult Inpatient, Emergency Services, or Ambulatory Care Medicine Adult). One (1) year of OB/Gyn RN experience in Ambulatory Care, Labor, and Delivery.
NOTE: Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in Ambulatory Care Nursing
- Ambulatory Care Certification
- Family Medicine experience
- BSN
- Experience as a charge nurse or equivalent management skills
- Proficiency with typing and electronic health record documentation.
- 2 years within the past 5 years experience with post-acute or ambulatory care primary care nursing experience
- OB Nursing Experience
- Pediatric nursing experience
- Demonstrated commitment to Ypsilanti Community through work and/or volunteer experience.
Work Schedule
Hours/Week: 40 hours per week
Shift/Hours: Day shifts with alternating Saturdays. The building hours will be 7am - 7:30pm so there will be options for 8 and 10-hour shifts.
Location: Ypsilanti Health Center Michigan Avenue. This is an on-site patient-facing position.
Union Affiliation
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U-M Professional Nurse Council union, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Selection Process
Michigan Medicine seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan and to maintain the excellence of the University. We welcome applications from anyone who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical mission, including women, members of minority groups, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The Department of Nursing, like the University of Michigan as a whole, is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons and will not discriminate against any individual because of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status.
U-M EEO/AA Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
