Registered Nurse (RN) – Nephrology – Roper Hospital

Roper St. Francis Healthcare•Charleston, SC

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Roper St. Francis Healthcare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for their Nephrology unit at Roper Hospital. This full-time position involves working 36 scheduled weekly hours on a Days/Evenings shift (7pm-7:30am), three shifts a week, with requirements for every other weekend, on-call, holidays, and storm team participation. The primary function of this role is to deliver comprehensive patient care using the nursing process, which includes data collection, assessment, identifying patient needs, and evaluating care outcomes. The RN will also coordinate, provide, and direct patient teaching activities, and coordinate care provided by other health team members. The role emphasizes collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team to conduct initial and ongoing patient assessments, analyze data, create and implement treatment plans, and evaluate their effectiveness. The RN is responsible for administering medications safely, serving as a central point of contact for patient care coordination across hospital departments, acting as a patient safety advocate through quality improvement, and integrating a professional practice model into care delivery.

Requirements

Knowledge of contemporary nursing practice and future innovations
Nursing judgment and skill based on principles of the biological, physical, behavioral, and social sciences
Application of the nursing process in patient care delivery
Coordination of patient care delivery
Evaluation of professional nursing practice to optimize goals and outcomes
Health teaching and health promotion
Patient advocacy and partnership
Interprofessional collaboration and leadership
Understanding and utilization of office and clinical technologies
Compassionate, relationship-based approach to help find meaning in illness, suffering, pain, and existence
Integration of quality improvement, evidence based practices and research in practice
Accountability for professional actions
Effective stewardship of available resources
Conflict management and resilience
Authority for delegating activities to others, while remaining responsible and accountable for outcomes
BLS Basic Life Support, American Heart Association (required at hire for Roper St Francis Healthcare locations; preferred at hire, required prior to independent patient care at BSMH)
Valid nursing license from the state of practice (required)
Associate of Nursing, nursing (required) OR Diploma in Nursing (required)

Nice To Haves

Bachelors of Science, nursing (preferred)

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identify and determine the priority of patient’s problems/needs, and evaluate the process and outcome of nursing care
Coordinate, provide and direct patient teaching activities
Coordinate the care provided by health team members
In collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team, conduct initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyze assessment data, create a plan of care, implement treatment and evaluate treatment effectiveness
Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and organization policies and procedures
Serve as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments
Act as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department
Incorporate the professional practice model into care delivery