Registered Nurse II- GI Surgery In-Basket

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

About The Position

The Registered Nurse II manages in-basket messaging for the GI Surgery patient population, responding to messages in a timely manner to support safe, high-quality patient care. The GI Surgery clinic serves pre-operative and post-operative patients undergoing a variety of procedures, including bariatric, gastrectomy, chronic pancreatitis, hernia, gallbladder, and rectal surgeries, as well as patients receiving treatment for primary and metastatic cancers of the liver, gallbladder, bile duct, and pancreas. The nurse works with a multidisciplinary team that includes CMAs, RNs, surgeons, residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other ancillary services. The position provides nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. It includes leading assigned team members and collaborating with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide age- and developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards and MUSC policies. Care is patient- and family-centered and considers physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. The nurse coordinates care, provides health teaching and promotion, identifies clinical priorities, and initiates actions to improve patient outcomes. The nurse helps maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment, including protecting patient privacy and demonstrating responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional conduct. The role also involves participation in the professional practice model, shared governance, peer review, and professional development, while promoting a healthy work environment and taking responsibility for professional growth, accountability, critical thinking, and clinical excellence. Scheduled work hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with 40 scheduled hours per week.

Requirements

At least one year of work experience as a registered nurse.
Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification.
Nurses hired on or after July 1, 2013, with an associate or diploma degree in nursing must enroll in an accredited BSN program within two years and obtain a BSN within four years of their RN hire or reclassification date.
Ability to meet the listed physical and sensory requirements, including standing, sitting, walking, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds unassisted infrequently, and working rotating shifts and overtime as required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage in-basket messaging for GI Surgery patients and respond in a timely manner.
Provide nursing care using the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Direct and lead assigned team members and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members.
Provide age- and developmentally appropriate, patient- and family-centered care in accordance with nursing standards and MUSC policies.
Assess patient needs, develop nursing diagnoses, identify desired outcomes, plan and implement interventions, coordinate care, provide health teaching and promotion, and evaluate goals and interventions.
Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment, including protecting patient privacy and behaving responsively, respectfully, acceptingly, and professionally.
Participate in shared governance, peer review, professional development, and the professional practice model.
Apply care management principles to coordinate the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services.
Identify clinical priorities and initiate actions to improve patient outcomes.
Promote a healthy work environment and take responsibility for professional growth, accountability, and critical thinking.