Registered Nurse, Senior Care Progressive Care

Company: Mercy Health
Location: Grand Rapids
Posted on: November 26, 2022

Job Description:

Employment Type:Part timeShift:Night ShiftDescription:Great opportunity for a Registered nurse, RN professional to work in an organization that focuses on treating the whole person, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Be Remarkable! Trinity Health Saint Mary's, Grand Rapids, 3 Lacks is a 32 all private bed acute care unit that serves patients that are 65 & older. A high acuity adaptable unit; regularly have patients who are on telemetry, cardiac drips, high-flow oxygen; bi-pap; etc. Older adult can deteriorate quickly, so this unit requires a high level of assessment skills, comfortability with advocating for whatever the older adult patient may need. Our unit is considered a high acuityunit (because older adults require a lot of extra time and TLC) which makes 3L a very fast-paced unit. For this reason, we provide nurse directed care. Trinity Health Saint Mary's, Grand Rapids is a NICHE (Nurses Improving Care Health System Elders) exemplar organization (exemplar is the highest designation a hospital system can achieve). This designation is achieved primarily through the outcomes demonstrated on our Senior Adult Unit (3 Lacks) and through the partnerships we have with our Geriatricians (22 of them) and our Long-Term Care facilities. Highlights:

• Magnet designated facility with active shared decision making councils.
• Day 1 Comprehensive benefit packages available including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 403B and education assistance
• We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities
• We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learnersPosition Summary: Registered Nurse, RN works in a collaborative environment to deliver excellent patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team providing evidenced based medicine and individualized patient care. A Registered Nurse, RN is expected to facilitate all aspects of the patient visit experience.What Registered Nurse, RN will need::
  • Graduation from an accredited Nursing school and program
  • Associates Degree in Nursing required, BSN preferred.
  • In Grand Rapids if ADN must enroll in BSN program within 6 months of hire and complete in 4 years of hire
  • Licensed in the State of Michigan
  • 1 years of experience as an RN requiredIf you are a new grad you must apply to RN residency.
    Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

Keywords: Mercy Health, Grand Rapids , Registered Nurse, Senior Care Progressive Care, Other , Grand Rapids, Michigan