Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Orthopedic Unit
Southfield, Michigan
RN
Sign-on bonusPosted Sep 1
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Med-Surg
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
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Pay
- Sign-on bonus
- $7,500
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About this role
Company Description
At Henry Ford Health, we're committed to advancing health and improving lives for the millions of people we serve across Michigan and around the world. As one of the nation's leading academic health systems, we provide a comprehensive continuum of care that includes primary and preventive services, specialty and complex care, virtual care, pharmacy, home health, eye care, health insurance, and more. With 12 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations, including former Ascension Southeast Michigan and Flint Region facilities, our growing network expands access to exceptional care in the communities we serve.
Headquartered in Detroit, Henry Ford Health is helping shape the future of healthcare through the transformative Future of Health: Detroit initiative, a $3 billion investment that is redefining our academic healthcare campus and advancing innovation, research, education, and community impact.
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Our work is grounded in purpose, collaboration, and belonging. We empower team members to grow their careers, contribute innovative ideas, and make a meaningful difference every day. Whether you're caring for patients, supporting operations, conducting research, or driving new solutions, you'll be part of a team united by a shared mission: delivering exceptional care, advancing health outcomes, and building healthier communities for all.
Job Description
The Medical-Surgical Orthopedic Unit is a newly renovated, 20-bed unit supporting an active elective orthopedic surgery program. The unit provides a diverse patient population with a combination of medical, surgical, and orthopedic joint replacement patients.
As an RN on our Medical-Surgical Orthopedic Unit, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality, compassionate patient care while working collaboratively with a dedicated multidisciplinary team.
Key Responsibilities
As an RN, you will provide leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care. Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family. Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team. Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.
Schedule
(3)-
- 12 Hour Shifts, 7pm - 730am, every other weekend and holiday rotation
Sign on bonus: $7500.00
LOCATION: Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital
Qualifications
Education/experience required
BSN preferred. Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans. Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services. Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.
Certifications/Licensures Required
Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing. Health care provider certification (BCLS).
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Requirements
- BSN preferred. Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.
- Certifications/Licensures Required
- Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
- Health care provider certification (BCLS).
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Place
- City
- Southfield, Michigan
- Median rent
- $1,340/mo
- Local household income
- $68,166/yr
- State price level
- 4% below the national average
- Address
- 28670 Telegraph Rd, Southfield, MI 48034, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Michigan index 96.2, where 100 is the national average.
Southfield sits just northwest of Detroit in Oakland County, offering a suburban setting with easy access to big-city healthcare networks. Known for its business corridors and tree-lined residential streets, it's a practical home base for travel nurses seeking quieter surroundings without losing metro-Detroit convenience.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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