Mission Statement
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.
Why Join Michigan Medicine?
Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan medicine is comprised of over 26,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world's most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.
What Benefits can you Look Forward to?
Nursing at Michigan offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits!
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
The benefit package includes:
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
- 2:1 Match on retirement savings and immediate vesting
- Generous Paid Time Off Allowances
- Robust Tuition and Certification support programs
- Large offering of no cost CEs and professional development for advancement
Responsibilities*
This position is responsible for serving as a telehealth Registered Nurse providing monitoring services to patients enrolled in the Patient Monitoring at Home program. This position is responsible for assessing the daily patient transmissions of physiological data, educating patients on symptom management, triaging patient virtually. The Registered Nurse will also observe, interpret patient symptoms and report to the provider as indicated.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential
- Coordinate with patient, post-acute care provider, case manager, PCP, Specialist and plan of care to reduce ED utilization and acute care hospitalizations
- Monitor daily transmissions of physiological parameters
- Uses the nursing process and clinical judgement, while completing virtual patient assessments, providing patient teaching, based on clinical assessment and patient reported information.
- Accesses trended data to assess patients medical condition and complete a phone visit/in-home visit for further assessment and triage
- Call physicians and other providers at specified intervals
- Follows up with patients when daily transmissions not completed, providing the necessary troubleshooting of equipment issues or addressing patient compliance concerns of daily monitoring.
- Uses multiple computer applications. Documents assessment, education, and interdisciplinary coordination information in the patients EMR.
- Provides patient teaching, and counseling patients and families regarding self-care and evaluates the patients response to care
- Assess patients telephonically and determine the need for medical treatment
- Exercises independent judgment in day-to-day responsibilities, including the establishment of the plan of care and provision of services
- Initiates appropriate referrals to other home health disciplines as necessary and as a multidisciplinary team member, collaborates to coordinate and evaluate care
- Participates in quality initiatives, supporting the remote patient monitoring program, identifying and implementing initiatives to support customer satisfaction and improved patient outcomes
- Evaluates and revises the plan of care based on the initial and ongoing patient assessment, and in partnership with the patient representative (if any) and caregivers, meeting all regulatory time frames.
- Performs and submits timely documentation of nursing assessments, escalation, and interventions in the home according to the plan of care.
- Participates in organization sponsored in-service trainings.
- Patient and Family Centered Care
- Actively engages the patient, patient representative (if any), and/or family utilizing inclusivity by exhibiting respect and dignity, sharing information in a timely and unbiased manner, and promoting participation to achieve the goal of shared decision making.
Other Related Duties: - Practices within the scope of license, certification, or registration.
- Complies with all applicable continuing education requirements.
- Complies with all Michigan Medicine and departmental standards and expectations.
- Supports the departments commitment to continuous improvement activities and principles through effective and respectful contribution in all problem-solving and change processes at Post-Acute Care Services.
- Adheres to Michigan Medicine Professional Development Framework characteristics
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- The employee will be able to perform the assigned duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations:
- Ability to walk or stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to communicate/exchange information; read, write, speak and comprehend English.
- Functional visual acuity and hearing for accurate assessment and recording of patient observations and information in clinical records.
- Manual dexterity to perform required procedure activity proficiently and safely.
- Ability to move up to 35 pounds.
- Ability to work in a sedentary position for long periods of time, fine motor coordination/dexterity, and may require reaching, bending, twisting, stooping, moving about
Nursing Specific Info
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.
Required Qualifications*
- Current RN license in the state of Michigan
- Two (2) or more years of acute /medical/surgical in the last 5 years
- Previous experience providing triage or virtual care
Expectations of position:
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrated effectiveness as a team member.
- Demonstrated excellent attendance and punctuality
- Demonstrated proficiency with computer skills, Microsoft Word, e-mail, and smart phones
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
Desired Qualifications*
- Recent experience providing telehealth remote monitoring.
- Experience in Epic
- BSN preferred
- Professional nursing certification
Work Schedule
- Hours: 40 hours- 10-hour shifts (8:00am to 6:30pm)
- Rotating weekends and holidays
- This position is a hybrid position and requires in office and remote work- subject to Nursing Leadership discretion.
Note: All new employees will be expected to float to a designated unit(s) in times of low census.
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Union Affiliation
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.
Background Screening
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.
In addition to the screenings indicated above under Michigan law, a criminal history check including fingerprinting is required as a condition of transfer or employment for this position.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.