Registered Nurse (RN) - Observation

**Up to $25,000 Sign on Bonus, based on relevant experience**

Unit Specializes in: 5 West serves a variety of patient types. Heart Monitoring, Observation, General Medical/Surgical, Oncology/Chemo, Medical Psychiatry, or Palliative/Hospice, each one has their own unique requirement of care. Our 39 bed unit provides the individualize plan each patient needs to return to a pre-hospitalization state or as close as to be expected. You will get the experience to be part of a collaborative medical team that discusses what the best is for the patient. Our RN ratio is 1:5 or 1:6 based on acuity. This is a great place to start your chosen career path to see where your heart leads you to make the difference in a person’s life. We are waiting for you to join our bedside heroes.

Specialized Equipment: Wound vac, PCA pumps, Specialty Beds

Fast pace, high patient turn around, wound care, psych patients who need to be medically managed.

DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services. Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country. Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Registered Nurse (RN) is a member of the Patient Care Services Team, and is responsible for the satisfactory completion of nursing care by the nursing team. The RN manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members including ancillary and support services.  The role of the Registered Nurse at the DMC encompasses leadership, partnership, collaboration, teaching and supervision.  

The DMC RN: 
•    Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians and other health care providers 
•    Delegates, assesses, provides and evaluates patient care
•    Provides and delegates patient care activities to team members 
•    Monitors patient progress and prepares patient for discharge
•    Reports directly to senior unit management and participates in shared decision-making activities 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1.    Graduation from a school of nursing required. 
2.    BSN preferred.
3.    Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Michigan required.
4.    American Heart Association (AHA) BLS required.