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 range 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 ancillary services. The role provides nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and directs and leads assigned team members. The nurse collaborates with multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver age- and developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards and MUSC policies. Care is patient- and family-centered and addresses physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. Duties include nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, care planning, interventions, care coordination, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation of goals and interventions. The nurse maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment, protects patient privacy, and demonstrates respectful and professional conduct. The position also involves participation in the professional practice model, shared governance, peer review, professional development, and efforts to promote leadership, clinical excellence, effective teamwork, autonomous practice, accountability, and critical thinking. The nurse coordinates efficient care delivery, identifies clinical priorities, and initiates actions to improve patient outcomes and support a healthy work environment.

Requirements

At least one year of work experience as a registered nurse.
Licensed as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification.
For RN staff hired on or after July 1, 2013, an associate or diploma degree in nursing requires enrollment in an accredited BSN program within two years and successful completion of a BSN degree within four years of the RN hire or reclassification date.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage and respond to GI Surgery patient in-basket messages in a timely manner.
Provide nursing care using the nursing process of 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 outcomes; plan and implement interventions; coordinate care; provide health teaching and promotion; and evaluate goals and interventions.
Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment, protect patient privacy, and provide responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional care.
Participate in shared governance, peer review, and professional development, and adhere to standards of care.
Apply care management principles to coordinate 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.