Registered Nurse (RN)-Acute Care WIN, NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, FT, Nights

About the position

Responsible for providing direct and indirect nursing care to assigned patients. Works under the direct and indirect supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee but is independent in the application of nursing knowledge and skills. Manages clinical situations for which he/she is responsible. Nurses assigned to this job code have committed to accept assignments where they will work a full-time or part-time status with shifts on every weekend (starting Friday at 7:00pm through Monday at 7:30am). This position is bonus eligible.

Responsibilities

• Collects patient data and completes required forms with appropriate responses according to unit standards.
• Identifies patient’s problems/needs and sets priorities.
• Identifies problems requiring further referral and/or follow-up.
• Interprets and records latest diagnostic results.
• Performs nursing assessment using critical thinking skills.
• Develops a plan of care based on nursing process and incorporates the plans of other disciplines and continuing care needs.
• Includes the patient/family in developing or revising the plan of care.
• Makes referrals to multidisciplinary support services.
• Provides treatments/procedures and other care as prescribed and according to patient care standards.
• Demonstrates understanding of age-related characteristics and needs of patients served.
• Explains nursing procedures and provides discharge teaching.
• Identifies emergency situations and independently initiates advanced therapy.
• Acts as an advocate and coordinator of patient care with other health care personnel.
• Records patient care delivered as planned and any variation, with appropriate rationale.
• Implements nursing measures related to impending or associated problems.
• Delegates nursing care to appropriate personnel.
• Integrates cost effective measures into nursing practice.
• Recognizes unit problems and takes responsibility for documenting same.
• Demonstrates active participation in QI processes.
• Complies with hospital expectations to meet staffing demands based on patient care needs.
• Complies with policies addressing safe working conditions.
• Monitors unsafe working conditions.
• Recognizes inappropriate and/or ineffective patient care management, resolves issue/problem and completes written reports.
• Fulfills call for unit as assigned and adjusts staffing for census (volume) and acuity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
• One (1) year experience as a registered nurse.
• In lieu of one (1) year of registered nurse experience, will accept successful completion of the Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program or successful completion of a comparable residency from another organization.
• In lieu of one (1) year of registered nurse experience, will accept 1 year of licensed practical nurse (LPN) experience.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge and skills necessary to treat patients.
• Other training as required by department.