Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care, Surgical Trauma, FT, Nights

Prisma Health•Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides clinical direction for all aspects of patient care in an acute inpatient setting, fostering patient- and family-centered care. Demonstrates clinical competency using evidence-based practices and research throughout the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes. Incorporates safety protocols, cost containment, and quality improvement into care, and identifies patient, unit, and organizational priorities. Complies with organizational policies and procedures, including requirements for licensure renewal, training, employee health screenings, time and attendance, dress code, confidentiality, infection control, and medication administration. Applies knowledge of regulatory agency requirements and provides care within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act. The role is on the Surgical Trauma Unit at Prisma Health Richland Hospital, a 50-bed medical-surgical unit primarily caring for adults recovering from traumatic injuries, often requiring surgical intervention. The unit uses telemetry monitoring for up to 23 patients. Patients are described as hemodynamically stable, with injuries that may result from gunshot wounds or other penetrating injuries, assaults, motor vehicle crashes, and falls. The standard nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:4, flexing to 1:5 as needed. The acute inpatient setting may require weekend, holiday, and on-call work. This is a non-management position. It reports to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive. The position is eligible for a $5,000 sign-on bonus for external candidates.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing, or a nursing diploma with licensure to practice as a registered nurse.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina.
One year of experience as a registered nurse, or successful completion of the Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program or a comparable residency from another organization; internal candidates in the same service line may substitute one year of licensed practical nurse experience.
Knowledge and skills necessary to treat patients; other training as required by the department.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Collect patient data and complete required forms according to unit standards; identify patient problems and needs, set priorities, and identify issues requiring referral or follow-up.
Interpret and record diagnostic results and perform nursing assessments using critical-thinking skills.
Develop and revise plans of care based on the nursing process, incorporating other disciplines and continuing-care needs, involving patients and families, and making referrals to multidisciplinary support services.
Provide treatments, procedures, and other prescribed care in accordance with accepted practice and patient-care standards; address age-related patient needs and explain nursing procedures.
Provide discharge teaching, identify emergencies, independently initiate advanced therapy, and advocate for and coordinate patient care with other healthcare personnel.
Evaluate patient-care measures and respect patient rights, using established mechanisms to manage ethical issues in care.
Record care delivered and variations with appropriate rationale; observe, document, and implement nursing measures related to impending or associated problems.
Delegate nursing care appropriately, integrate cost-effective measures into practice, and participate in quality-improvement processes.
Recognize unit problems and document them; comply with staffing demands based on patient-care needs and adjust staffing for census and acuity as assigned.
Comply with policies for safe working conditions, monitor unsafe conditions, identify and resolve inappropriate or ineffective patient-care management, and complete written reports.
Fulfill unit call assignments and perform other duties as assigned.