Registered Nurse-Ambulatory Anti-coagulation

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.

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

Registered Nurse Ambulatory Anti-Coagulation Clinic - West Bloomfield

Contingent - Monday - Friday, 8 hour days between 7:30am - 4pm.  The ideal candidate would have flexibility with regard to availability during the week.

Candidate Preferences:  Must have at least 5 years of experience in either ambulatory or acute nursing care involving critical thinking skills in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Intensive Care, Hematology/Oncology or Homecare.  Nurses in this department make patient care decisions under the delegated authority of providers who have enrolled their patients for anticoagulation therapy management.  Previous experience in anticoagulation therapy management.  This service cares for patients during normal outpatient clinic hours on Monday through Friday and is closed weekends and holidays.  

GENERAL SUMMARY:

• Provides 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 with the health care team.
• Demonstrates clinical competence.
• May require a professional certification which is a regulatory requirement in the State of Michigan or a documented community standard for the position, works independently and in collaboration with principle investigator. 

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; bachelor degree preferred.
• Successful completion of HFMG Pharmacology test.
• Certification will be required when it is a regulatory requirement in the State of Michigan or a documented community standard, i.e., Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN).
• Maintains and demonstrates current clinical knowledge in area of specialty.
• 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 medical group personnel. Preferred experience in the specialty.
• Basic computer knowledge and keyboarding skills. 

Minimum of 5 years RN experience.  

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse.
• Current BLS or ACLS per HFHS policy.

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