Job Description

• This role will include Service Lead responsibilities for the Plastic service line
• Scrub and circulate multi-specialty surgical cases
• Direct pre, intra and postoperative patient care in the multi-specialty surgical population
• Ability to perform constant standing, walking, transporting of patients and equipment required
• Patient lifting, positioning, pushing, twisting, bending and or transferring required
• Prepare operating rooms between cases
• Transport patients as needed 
• Provide teaching and guidance in the learning environment 
• Special ordering & maintenance of specific service subspecialities (supplies, DPCs, requests, equipment) 
• Participate in on-going QA activities 
• Demonstrate proficiency in MiChart (optime)
• Demonstrate proficiency in surgical services computer technology (including but not limited to email, Censitrac, Storz, Surgicount, Mobile aspects)
• Providing direct patient care to adult/pediatric ambulatory surgical population
• Provide patient/family education
• Charge nurse responsibilities on unit as assigned
• Nursing responsibilities are assigned under the clinical supervision of a nurse supervisor/ manager

Expectations

• Provides family centered care through collaboration with all members of the health care team
• Highly motivated and organized with a strong desire to learn. 
• Participates with health care team for problem solving in area of care
• Demonstrated high personal and professional motivation to provide excellent care 
• Demonstrated communication for patient advocacy 
• Demonstrated ability of effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication with internal and external customers. 
• Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities on unit, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
• Demonstrated accountability and dependability, e.g., completion of work, mandatories, goal setting within established timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and problem solve effectively and efficiently. 
• Demonstrated ability to seek constructive approaches to resolving workplace issues.
• Demonstrated willingness to support and participate in change based on unit, department, and institutional goals and objectives. 

• Current Licensure to practice nursing in the State of Michigan 
• Recent Operating Room experience (within 2 years) and current adult Plastic experience required.  
• Advanced scrubbing and circulating experience with multiple adult Plastic service line cases. 
• Candidates must have expertise in one or more of the following fields:  Plastic, Otolaryngology, Sports Orthopedics, Gynecology. 
• Current BLS Certification 

NOTE: Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position. 

RESUME REQUIRED (for both internal & external applicants):  
You must attach a complete and accurate resume to be fully considered for this position

• RN experience in a perioperative setting performing scrub & circulating duties
• BSN preferred
• Adult Experience
• Pediatric Experience
• Ambulatory Surgery Experience in a fast-paced ambulatory environment
• CNOR Certification
• CNAMB Certification
• Charge Nurse Experience
• Excellent attendance as evidenced by previous performance evaluations and/or attendance record.
• Self-motivated individual with excellent organizational skills
• Evidence of continuous professional development activities
• Demonstrated recent experience with continuous quality improvement projects
• Willingness to serve on unit committees to improve patient outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to care for patients following AORN staffing guidelines. 
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a multidisciplinary team with the goal of service excellence and family-centered care.
• Ability to present a positive image of the facility.
• Demonstrated ability to direct nursing practice and apply nursing judgement to a variety of situations.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to direct nursing practice and apply nursing judgment to a variety of situations.
• Demonstrates consistent critical thinking skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Demonstrates accountability/dependability as evidenced by completion of mandatories and department-based competencies within an established time frame.
• Ability to meet functional job requirements.

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 E.

Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position. Posting may be filled after the initial 5-day posting period.
Applicants who have left the UMPNC bargaining unit must include on their resume dates of past employment including months and years of service along with effort.
Positions less than 20 hours/week may be combined.

If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with nursing opportunities please contact Nurse Recruitment at (734) 936-5183.

Hours/Week: 40 hours/week
Shift/Hrs/Days: Day Shift; Monday- Friday, 10 hour shifts.  Hours may be variable based on patient and volume needs, with flexibility required.  This may include weekends and holidays.
Location: Position is currently East Ann Arbor Operating Room 

All new employees will be expected to float to a designated unit(s) in times of low census.

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.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

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.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

About University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

A great university is made so by its faculty and staff, and Michigan is recognized as one of the best universities to work for in the country. The Michigan culture is known for engaging faculty and staff in all facets of the university to create a workplace that is vibrant and stimulating.For two consecutive years, the Chronicle of Higher Education has placed U-M in its "Great Colleges to Work For" survey. In particular, the university earns high marks for strong relations between faculty and administrators, a collaborative system of governance, strong pay and benefits, and a healthy work/life balance.

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