Registered Nurse (RN)–Nurse Resident, February 2027 Progressive ICU

Prisma Health • Seneca, SC

18d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN Nurse Resident attends quality and core curriculum classes, participates in professional development workshops and peer support groups, and completes all clinical competencies and validation requirements of the Nurse Residency Program. Under the direct and indirect supervision of the Nursing Orientation and Education Team, the resident refines nursing knowledge and skills and participates in managing assigned clinical situations. The resident may rotate through units and specialties as assigned.

The Nurse Residency Program provides new graduate nurses and RNs with less than one year of experience a foundation for their nursing careers. It combines foundational and specialty-specific clinical core curriculum, quality classes, simulation, one-on-one skills validation, hands-on application with clinical mentors, and professional development. This role is in the Critical Care service line at Oconee Memorial Hospital, in the ICU Progressive Care unit.

Responsibilities include assessing patients, planning and implementing care, evaluating outcomes, and providing leadership in coordination with the care team. Team members are expected to follow Prisma Health’s Standards of Behaviors, Mission, and Values of compassion, dignity, excellence, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program recognized by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in South Carolina; a temporary license or Graduate Nurse status may be accepted in lieu of RN licensure upon hire under the stated conditions.
• BLS certification required.
• Must possess the knowledge and skills necessary to treat patients; other training as required by the department.
• Candidates with greater than 12 months of nursing experience are not eligible.
• Graduate Nurse candidates must provide an NCLEX testing date before hire and work under the clinical preceptor’s license and within the provisional scope of the South Carolina Nursing Practice Act until passing the NCLEX and obtaining South Carolina licensure.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Attend all quality and core curriculum classes, participate in professional development workshops and peer support groups, and complete Nurse Residency Program clinical competencies and validation requirements.
• Refine nursing knowledge and skills under the direct and indirect supervision of the Nursing Orientation and Education Team; participate in managing assigned clinical situations and rotate through units and specialties as assigned.
• Collect patient data, complete required forms, identify patient problems and needs, set priorities, refer or follow up as needed, interpret and record diagnostic results, and perform nursing assessments using critical thinking.
• Develop plans of care based on the nursing process, coordinate with other disciplines and continuing care needs, involve patients and families in care planning, and make referrals to multidisciplinary support services.
• Provide treatments and other care according to accepted practice standards and prescriptions; address age-related patient needs, explain procedures, provide discharge teaching, and independently initiate advanced therapy in emergencies.
• Advocate for and coordinate patient care with other healthcare personnel, evaluate care measures, respect patient rights, and use established mechanisms to address ethical issues.
• Document care delivered, variations and rationale, observations related to impending or associated problems, and nursing measures implemented.
• Delegate care appropriately, integrate cost-effective measures, document unit problems, participate in quality-improvement processes, meet staffing demands based on patient care needs, and comply with safe-work policies.
• Monitor unsafe working conditions, recognize and address inappropriate or ineffective patient care management, complete written reports, fulfill unit call assignments, and adjust staffing for census and acuity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree