Current Career Opportunities at Oaklawn

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Surgeon, provides patient care using critical thinking and independent judgment, and all phases of nursing process including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.  Works in collaboration with the surgeons and healthcare team to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Essential Functions:

• Uses instruments and medical devices to provide exposure, handle and/or cut tissue and provide hemostasis and sutures.
• Uses evidence based tools, established policies, procedures and standards of care and practice.
• Educates patients and family members and documents accordingly.
• Reports actual or potential occurrences according to Oaklawn’s procedures.
• Participates in unit based performance improvement activities, staff meetings, supports change.
• Practices at all times in accord with the legal definition of nursing in the State of Michigan, including provisions on delegation and supervision.

Minimum Qualifications:  Current licensure in the State of Michigan. Qualified as an RNFA; ACLS and BLS certification.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Bachelors of Science in Nursing and two years of experiences as an RNFA, preferred. Clear oral expression; oral comprehension includes listening to and understanding others; speaking clearly such that others understand; deductive and inductive reasoning skills; ability to write clearly; use of technology such as EMR, selective attention – able to concentrate for protracted periods; time sharing – able to shift back and forth successfully between two or more activities; manual dexterity – to manage IV tubing, syringes, and other equipment; information ordering skills – patterns of numbers, pictures, words and mathematical operations including medication calculation. Ability to work with diverse patient and staff populations with sensitivity to cultural and spiritual influences impacting patient care. Efficiently manage time with minimal supervision. Uses technology appropriately including safety standards and measures; follows infection prevention standards. Behaves in accordance with: Oaklawn’s mission, vision, values; Nursing’s vision, philosophy; ANA’s Code of Nursing Ethics; Relationship Based Care tenets.