Firelands Health

RN or LPN-IV, Dialysis O/P: FT 5a-5p

Position Highlights: Retention Bonus: $5,000! 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. Career Advancement: If you are interested in becoming a RN, the Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing is conveniently located within our health system and is in partnership with Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Firelands College. 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. What You Will Do: Provides direct patient care for assigned patients and assists in care of other patients as needed. Performs all technical aspects of dialysis procedures for assigned patients as prescribed. Responsible for accurate documentation of information related to patient treatment. Responsible for reporting any significant information or change in patient conditions to the supervisor. Administers medications as ordered to assigned patients and assists supervisor with administration of medications to other patients as needed. Assists with discharge planning. Educates patients and family regarding renal disease, treatment options, medications, laboratory results, diet and access care. Competency with all emergency operational procedures. Initiates CPR measures in the event of cardiac and/or pulmonary arrest. Responds to emergency situations related to dialysis. Utilizes nursing practice standards and evidence-based practices, obtains patient information/data; assists in planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient’s care. Able to safely operate all dialysis related equipment. Able to provide minor troubleshooting. Proficient in MIQS, the dialysis clinical and financial management software. What You Will Need : Must possess a current license as a Registered Nurse, or a Licensed Practical Nurse from the State of Ohio. Must be currently certified in CPR (and recertified bi-annually). Prefer minimum of one year’s experience in pertinent clinical area. Nurses who do not meet this requirement must obtain experience through competency based orientation (CBO). May be required to have a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator's license and insurable under Firelands' auto policy. Employee must provide proof of personal automobile liability insurance coverage upon request.
Firelands Health

Nurse Intern (RN): PRN

Position Highlights: Med-Surg | PRN | 12-24 hours/week Retention Bonus: Eligible to receive the applicable RN retention bonus! Work/life: Minimum 24 hours/month; 12 hours being a weekend shift. You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career. Employee-centric: 401(k), health and wellness offerings, and monthly employee events. For part-time and full-time status: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, and paid time off. 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. 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. What You Will Do: A student nurse who is within their last 4 weeks of school or has graduated and awaiting boards in an RN education program including successful completion of one quarter/semester of clinical experience. Assists in delivery of patient care under the direction of a RN. Patient Care Delivery Provides care for patients according to nursing standards, protocols, procedures, and evidence-based practices. Utilizes the nursing process. Assesses the patient. Assists in planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. The Nurse Intern will not perform any procedures that require licensing by the State (i.e. passing medications, nursing diagnosis, admission assessment, may complete data collection.) Implements Patient Care Administers routine treatments. Information Processing and Documentation Communicates patient information. Documents information. Utilizes “OPIE” documentation process (N.I. can only document observation and interventions including physical assessments with RN/LPN review) Charges equipment and supplies. Care of Environment & Equipment Interpersonal Skills Communicates with other health team members, patients, and visitors. Utilizes good guest relations. Maintains adaptability. Participates as a unit team member. Reports problems. Demonstrates Service Excellence. What You Will Need: High school graduate; currently enrolled in an approved RN program (A.D., diploma, BSN). Candidate must be committed to an RN position at Firelands Health. Must complete nurse intern competency check list. Must be currently certified in CPR (and recertified bi-annually). Provides nursing care under direction of registered nurse.
Firelands Health

RN, Registered Nurse 4N/Med-Surg/Peds: PT 7p-7a

Position Highlights: Retention Bonus: $5,000! Nurse-to-patient ratio: 1:5 Work/life: Alternates every 3rd weekend. 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. 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. 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. What You Will Do: Implements the nursing process with patients including carrying out physicians orders regarding diet, medication and treatment in accordance with Firelands standards of care. Performs assessments; monitors and ensures quality care through observation and evaluation; documents nursing interventions on care plans, medical records, and reports findings to physicians as needed. Instructs patients, staff, and family members regarding treatments, nursing plans and related patient care directed towards a safe discharge. Responds to emergencies; maintains availability of medications and supplies; ensures cleanliness of equipment and environment. Demonstrate service excellence and acts as an ambassador and advocate for FRMC. What You Will Need: Must have a current Ohio RN license and CPR prior to patient care experience. Current ACLS, Basic EKG, and PALS required or obtained within 6 months of hire and remain current. Board certification is preferred within 2 years in area of expertise. Excellent organizational, customer service skills, and computer proficiency are a must.
Firelands Health

RN, Registered Nurse Float: PT 7p-7a

Position Highlights: Retention Bonus: $5,000! Work/life: Alternates every 3rd weekend. 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. 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. 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. What You Will Do: Implements the nursing process with patients including carrying out physicians orders regarding diet, medication and treatment in accordance with Firelands standards of care. Performs assessments; monitors and ensures quality care through observation and evaluation; documents nursing interventions on care plans, medical records, and reports findings to physicians as needed. Instructs patients, staff, and family members regarding treatments, nursing plans and related patient care directed towards a safe discharge. Responds to emergencies; maintains availability of medications and supplies; ensures cleanliness of equipment and environment. Demonstrate service excellence and acts as an ambassador and advocate for FRMC. What You Will Need: Must have a current Ohio RN license and CPR prior to patient care experience. Current ACLS, Basic EKG, and PALS required or obtained within 6 months of hire and remain current. Excelled organizational, customer service skills, and computer proficiency are a must.
Firelands Health

Nurse Practitioner: Sal

Position Highlights: 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: The nurse practitioner (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP is generally service/physician aligned, managing a distinct patient population in the outpatient setting. The NP may be required to perform some coordination of inpatient care and facilitate discharges/outpatient follow up. The NP has a strong foundation in evidenced based practice/education and is responsible for ensuring adherence to clinical pathways/protocols and ensures an environment of safe quality care. The NP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and responsible for professional development and competency validation. What you will do: Performs and documents in the medical record a complete history and physical examination for acute and complex chronically ill patients. Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated. The nurse practitioner may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions. Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures. Performs in-office procedures as prescribed. Presents patient report, collaborates in plan of care, and follows assigned patient population. Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions. Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision. Formulates differential diagnoses by priority. Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions. Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs. Utilizes evidence-based practice guidelines or protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum. Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions including pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes. Manages further diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision. May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation, including minor suturing, complex wound management, line and tube placements and removals. Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and/or clinic note where applicable. (H&P, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary) Documentation is timely, meets critical care compliance standards and captures patient acuity. What you will need: Nurse Practitioner Master’s Level prepared in an area consistent with the population to be serviced. Current Nurse Practitioner license in good standing. Requires Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP). Nurse Practitioner must be eligible for a DEA number and eligible for credentialing. Minimum of two years prior experience preferred. Current BLS certification through American Heart Association. ACLS certification required where clinical necessary—if assignment requires work within acute, surgical or urgent care settings. Demonstrates competent diagnostic ability and comprehensive knowledge of general vascular care. Computer skills to utilize all available clinical technology including the electronic medical record, computerized order entry, and e-scribe software. Demonstrates competent diagnostic ability and comprehensive knowledge of general vascular care. Computer skills to utilize all available clinical technology including the electronic medical record, computerized order entry, and e-scribe software. Successful completion of a one hundred eighty (180) day get‑acquainted period.
Firelands Health

Nurse Practitioner/Ortho: Sal

Position Highlights: 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: The nurse practitioner (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP is generally service/physician aligned, managing a distinct patient population in the outpatient setting. The NP may be required to perform some coordination of inpatient care and facilitate discharges/outpatient follow up. The NP has a strong foundation in evidenced based practice/education and is responsible for ensuring adherence to clinical pathways/protocols and ensures an environment of safe quality care. The NP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and responsible for professional development and competency validation. What you will do: Performs and documents in the medical record a complete history and physical examination for acute and complex chronically ill patients. Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated. The nurse practitioner may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions. Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures. Performs in-office procedures as prescribed. Presents patient report, collaborates in plan of care, and follows assigned patient population. Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions. Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision. Formulates differential diagnoses by priority. Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions. Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs. Utilizes evidence-based practice guidelines or protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum. Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions including pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes. Manages further diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision. May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation, including minor suturing, complex wound management, line and tube placements and removals. Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and/or clinic note where applicable. (H&P, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary) Documentation is timely, meets critical care compliance standards and captures patient acuity. What you will need: Nurse Practitioner Master’s Level prepared in an area consistent with the population to be serviced. Current Nurse Practitioner license in good standing. Requires Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP). Nurse Practitioner must be eligible for a DEA number and eligible for credentialing. Minimum of two years prior experience preferred. Current BLS certification through American Heart Association. ACLS certification required where clinical necessary—if assignment requires work within acute, surgical or urgent care settings. Demonstrates competent diagnostic ability and comprehensive knowledge of general vascular care. Computer skills to utilize all available clinical technology including the electronic medical record, computerized order entry, and e-scribe software. Demonstrates competent diagnostic ability and comprehensive knowledge of general vascular care. Computer skills to utilize all available clinical technology including the electronic medical record, computerized order entry, and e-scribe software. Successful completion of a one hundred eighty (180) day get‑acquainted period.