"REGISTERED NURSE (Ambulatory Care Services- Dominos Farms Medsport/Ortho Hand)"

Job Duties:

• Provide both direct and telehealth nursing care which includes, but is not limited to, triage and education to patients and families.
• Pre-operative teaching, counseling, and assisting in informed consent for orthopedic surgical procedures.
• Post-operative telephone consultations.
• Assist with a variety of procedures and tasks to maintain patient flow in clinic and provide nursing support to assistive staff as needed.
• Assist with on-boarding of new staff members
• Respond to medical emergencies within the clinic
• Candidate must be able to perform duties independently, be highly motivated and flexible in order to address the needs of patients, families and members of the health care team.

Expectations of the Position:

• Demonstrated ability of effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication with internal and external customers.
• Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities on clinic, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
• Demonstrated accountability and dependability, e.g., completion of work, mandatories, goal setting within established timelines.
• Excellent attendance record as evidenced by references and evaluations.
• 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.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills providing patient and family education, self-management and coaching related to health promotion of the patient and family
• 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 ability to build respectful relationships within and between units and individuals
• Proficiency with MiChart inbasket management and/or documentation in electronic health record, e.g., Epic.
• Exhibits high standards of personal and professional conduct as measured by interviews, references, and performance evaluations

Required Qualifications:

• Current license to practice nursing in the State of Michigan (RN).
• Two (2) years, within the past 5 years experience as a Registered Nurse providing care to adult orthopedic patients

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BSN
• Ambulatory care experience
• Experience, including but not limited to, with ortho injury wrapping, wound assessment, and clinical nursing skills
• Experience with care coordination and managing complex patient populations.
• Recent (in the past 3 years) tele-health management skills
• Demonstrated excellence in communication skills; both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated customer service skills and ability with conflict management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, prioritize duties, multi-task and problem solve with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated flexibility in accepting changing clinical assignments on short notice.
• Proficiency in computer and keyboarding skills, using electronic medical record, along with Microsoft Office and calendaring

Salary: Hourly range for Registered Nurses $41.78-$64.81/ hour

• Evening Shift Differential-$3.00 / hour
• Night Shift Differential- $4.00 / hour
• Day Shift Weekend Differential- $2.90 / hour
• Evening Shift Weekend Differential- $5.90 / hour
• Night Shift Weekend Differential- $6.90 / hour
• Charge Nurse Differential- $1.00 / hour

Schedule: 40 hours/week. Day shift, Monday through Friday, with possibility for evenings, weekends and holidays based on clinic needs. Flexibility is required.

Location: Domino Farms Medsport and Ortho Hand - with the potential to work and support any orthopedic, and its subspecialties, service locations.

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.

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.