JOB OPPORTUNITY

EMERGENCY ROOM

REPLACEMENT POSITION: Registered Nurse

WAGE RANGE : $21.08 - $26.39

UNION DESIGNATION: Member

THIS POSITION IS A REPLACEMENT WITHIN CURRENT AUTHORIZED HOURS.

Job Specifics:

Full Time – 72 hours bi-weekly

7:00pm – 7:30am

Qualifications:

· Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and current licensure in the State of Michigan. Successful completion of an R.N. refresher course is required for those returning to practice after five (5) years of more of non-practice.

· Emergency room experience required

· ACLS certification within twelve (12) months of employment.

· BLS certification within three (3) months of employment.

· PALS certification within eighteen (18) month of employment.

· Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served in the assigned area. Should possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information relative to the patient’s age – specific needs and provide care needed as described in the division’s policies and procedures.

Physical Demands:

Frequent lifting, turning, transferring and transporting patients and heavy equipment. Prolonged, extensive or considerable standing/walking, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, reaching involving patients, heavy equipment and supplies on a frequent basis. Helps patients get into and out of chairs, lifts patient, raises and/or pulls patients in bed and turns patients. Uses electronics and mechanical equipment such as bed scales, stretchers, wheelchairs, crash carts, beds and bedside equipment, cardiac monitors, computers, pressure and oxygen monitors, auditory and visual use of gauges, dials, settings, mercury measures and/or determines dilutions, mixtures, doses, chemical reagents, records/tabulates I&O, graphs, charts.

APPLICANTS WHO NEED ACCOMMODATION FOR AN INTERVIEW SHOULD REQUEST SUCH ACCOMMODATION IN ADVANCE.

Any applicant interested in this posting please apply, in writing, to the Human Resources Department.