Registered Nurse - Med Surg

Garden City Hospital

Garden City, Michigan

Posted Jul 31

Shift and hours: Days
Unit and setting: Med-Surg · Hospital
License: RN licenseCurrent and valid state RN License.
Term: Permanent

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License: Current and valid state RN License.
Certification: Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Experience: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

Preferred

Certification: Current ACLS certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current preferred.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Experience: Previous Acute Care hospital experience preferred.
Experience: Ventilator Management experience preferred.

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Garden City Hospital

Hospital: Garden CITY Hospital
Address: 6245 INKSTER RD, GARDEN CITY, MI, 48135
CMS rating: 2 of 5 stars
Beds: 129

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Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

At Garden City Hospital, we pride ourselves on community involvement and commitment to preserving access to quality and compassionate healthcare. We are a state-of-the-art medical facility with over 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital, offering medical education to students, residents and fellows from across the country. The residency and fellowship programs offer graduate medical education to more than 80 trainees in specialties. Garden City Hospital has an award-winning staff of over 350 of the area's best and brightest physicians from almost every specialty. Learn more at www.gch.org.

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of safe patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Provides direct patient care within the scope of practice. The Registered Nurse also directs and guides patient/family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining standards of care within the Medical/Surgical Unit.

The Registered Nurse is directly responsible and accountable for the care given to his/her assigned patients. He / She communicates with physician about changes in the patient's clinical condition including cardiac monitoring, results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition and/or response to treatment.

Qualifications

Education, experience, training

Current and valid state RN License.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Current ACLS certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current preferred.
Previous Acute Care hospital experience preferred.
Ventilator Management experience preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Employment Status: Full Time Shift: Days Equal Employment Opportunity

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What's around it?

Garden CITY Hospital · Garden City, MI

Garden City, MIFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 4% below the US average

Median rent: $1,150/mo
Household income: $67,294/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Garden City, MI

NeighborhoodsGarden City is platted primarily as a residential grid across roughly six square miles, characterized by quiet, tree-lined residential streets like Radcliff, Marquette, Windsor, and Maplewood. The city's residential sections are anchored by stable blocks of mid-century single-family homes and pockets of low-rise apartments, with commercial activity concentrated tightly along the Ford Road (M-153) and Middlebelt Road corridors. Compared to pricier adjacent suburbs such as Livonia, Plymouth, and Canton, the community serves as a practical, accessible residential pocket in western Wayne County.

Garden City is platted primarily as a residential grid across roughly six square miles, characterized by quiet, tree-lined residential streets like Radcliff, Marquette, Windsor, and Maplewood. The city's residential sections are anchored by stable blocks of mid-century single-family homes and pockets of low-rise apartments, with commercial activity concentrated tightly along the Ford Road (M-153) and Middlebelt Road corridors.

Compared to pricier adjacent suburbs such as Livonia, Plymouth, and Canton, the community serves as a practical, accessible residential pocket in western Wayne County.

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Getting aroundHealthcare workers stationed at Garden City Hospital benefit from having the medical center positioned directly within town along North Inkster Road. Garden City lacks a freeway running directly through municipal borders, so daily travel relies on primary surface arterials like Ford Road (M-153) and Middlebelt Road to reach regional routes. Driving into downtown Detroit takes roughly 30 minutes over a 15-mile distance in normal traffic. While local bus stops exist—such as connections near Ford Road and Henry Ruff Road—the suburban infrastructure is heavily car-oriented, making personal vehicle ownership standard for hospital shift workers.

Healthcare workers stationed at Garden City Hospital benefit from having the medical center positioned directly within town along North Inkster Road. Garden City lacks a freeway running directly through municipal borders, so daily travel relies on primary surface arterials like Ford Road (M-153) and Middlebelt Road to reach regional routes.

Driving into downtown Detroit takes roughly 30 minutes over a 15-mile distance in normal traffic. While local bus stops exist—such as connections near Ford Road and Henry Ruff Road—the suburban infrastructure is heavily car-oriented, making personal vehicle ownership standard for hospital shift workers.

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As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: areavibes.com Source 3: soldcalljim.com

OutdoorsGarden City Park serves as the central outdoor gathering point, featuring walking trails, open ball fields, playgrounds, and a skatepark. Additional indoor and outdoor recreation programming operates out of the Maplewood Community Center, which hosts wellness and fitness classes. For expanded nature escapes, residents take short trips just north toward Westland and Livonia to access the expansive Hines Park trail system along the Rouge River.

Garden City Park serves as the central outdoor gathering point, featuring walking trails, open ball fields, playgrounds, and a skatepark. Additional indoor and outdoor recreation programming operates out of the Maplewood Community Center, which hosts wellness and fitness classes.

For expanded nature escapes, residents take short trips just north toward Westland and Livonia to access the expansive Hines Park trail system along the Rouge River.

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As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: soldcalljim.com

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Garden City offers healthcare professionals a quiet, unpretentious home base in western Wayne County, anchored directly by Garden City Hospital on North Inkster Road. Encompassing just under six square miles, the city is arranged along a straightforward residential street grid shaded by mature trees. Housing is largely defined by post-war 1950s ranches, brick bungalows, and traditional low-rise apartments, presenting an accessible suburban alternative to pricier neighboring towns like Livonia, Canton, and Plymouth. Commercial activity clusters along the Ford Road (M-153) and Middlebelt Road corridors, where daily errands, chain staples, and local favorites like Villa Bakery are moments away. For outdoor recreation, Garden City Park and the nearby Hines Park corridor along the Rouge River offer accessible walking trails and open greenspace. Garden City does not feature a historic, walkable downtown core, meaning personal vehicle ownership is essential for navigating daily life, winter weather, and regional commutes. However, with downtown Detroit located about 15 miles to the east, nurses gain an effortless hospital commute alongside straightforward access to major metropolitan amenities.

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Garden City, MIFrom Census ACS 2024.