Registered Nurse - General and GI Surgery - MUSCP

Medical University of South Carolina

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about patient care? Love learning about new things? Then come grow with us our new MUSC Clements Ferry Pavillion! We are seeking a motivated and skilled RN to join the General Surgery/GI Surgery and Multispecialty team. The team consists of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Rheumatology, Urology, General Surgery, and Endocrinology. While our new teammate will have a home base in the surgical specialties, they will get an opportunity to explore throughout all the specialties. Located at the Clements Ferry Pavilion the team members (RNs, LPNs and Medical Assistants) work alongside our surgical providers to care for their patients. While, this position is primarily based in the General and GI Surgery area, there are opportunities to cross-train for other specialties. Duties to include rooming patients, taking vitals and health history, documenting in an electronic medical record, returning patient messages, giving injections, assisting with minor procedures, and participating in patient education. We work in a fast-paced environment, but we also know how to have fun on the job!

Requirements

Associate's Degree required.
Licensure as a Registered Nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required.
Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting.
Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions.
Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required.
Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors.
Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36” to overhead 25 lbs.
Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.

Nice To Haves

A minimum of one (1) year of work experience as a Registered Nurse required (for RN II).

Responsibilities

Provides nursing care to patients using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation).
Directs and leads other assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.
Provide patient/family centered care using the nursing process and focusing on the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. This includes providing for the assessment, development of nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion and evaluation of goals and interventions consistent with the policies of MUSC.
Maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment through ensuring patient privacy and responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior. Demonstrates the ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model. This includes participating in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, participation in peer review and professional development promoting leadership and clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice and acknowledgment of accountability for actions and critical thinking.
Coordinates the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services through the application of care management principles. Identifies clinical priorities and initiates action to improve patient outcomes.
Demonstrates ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, promotion of a healthy work environment and acceptance of personal responsibility for professional growth.
Rooming patients, taking vitals and health history, documenting in an electronic medical record, returning patient messages, giving injections, assisting with minor procedures, and participating in patient education.