RN, FPG: Hrly, FT Days at Firelands Health

Position Highlights:

• Retention Bonus: $2,500 - $3,000 based on experience!
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career. 
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

Position Summary

• Under the general direction of the physician, the RN delivers care to patients through assessment, education, and planning, while maintaining standards of professional nursing utilizing evidence-based practice.  The RN will effectively interact with patients and their significant others to promote health, maintenance, and management in collaboration with physicians and other staff throughout the Firelands Health organization and medical persons in care of the patient.  
• Include but not limited to the following:
• Functions in the role of RN utilizing the nursing process.  Applies nursing care as directed by physician and the clinic’s policy and procedure.   
• Performs selected nursing duties, history and physical, vital signs, give injections and immunizations, assist physician(s) with examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments and provide direct patient care as ordered.
• Educates the patient and caregiver(s) to encourage self-care as it relates to disease and medication management. 
• Interpret medical testing and medication appropriately per our policy if applicable. Complete physical assessment and order labs when necessary and permitted by protocol.
• Documents all interventions, tests ordered and received, patient/family responses, medication dispensed or prescribed and related health information in the medical record
• Collect and relay pertinent information to corresponding provider, drawing attention to any critical values.
• Assist in the development and expansion of clinic services.   
• Recommendations and referrals of other Firelands resources such as mental health, cardiac/pulmonary rehab, sleep lab, and financial aid.

What you will need: 

• Graduate of an accredited program of professional nursing and possess a current license as a Registered Nurse from the State of Ohio.
• Currently certified in BLS and maintain certification.
• Current nursing l experience, two years’ experience in cardiac nursing required for heart failure RN, two years’ experience in diabetes care for diabetic education RN. Background in area of education preferred for diabetic educator.  Attend training seminars and have computer literacy. Possess or willing to obtain appropriate certifications for specialty areas (such as CHFN, CDE). 
• Must be knowledgeable regarding the nursing process and its application, including the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care.

• Successful completion of a ninety (90) day probationary period.