REGISTERED NURSE - EMERGENCY

Conway Medical Center • Socastee, SC

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides care to patients in the Emergency Department. Duties include performing procedures such as starting or checking IVs, administering medications, caring for trauma and critical-care patients, monitoring vital signs, suctioning patients, and helping patients with personal needs. The RN plans, provides, supervises, and documents professional nursing care using the nursing process and in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures.

The RN uses professional nursing judgment to individualize care plans based on patient assessments and responses to care, delegates tasks, supervises licensed and unlicensed care providers, and assists other nursing personnel. Experienced nurses may be asked to serve as a team leader or charge nurse for a group of patients or an entire unit. The RN typically has an assigned patient load and is expected to assist coworkers with nursing support functions across workloads and units, including units outside their usual assignment.

Requirements

• Associate degree (ASN) in Nursing required.
• Current South Carolina or compact-state RN licensure in good standing required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Obtain Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification within six months of employment.
• Obtain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within six months of employment.
• Obtain Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification within six months of employment.
• Ability to rotate through the on-call schedule regularly.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with coworkers, nursing colleagues, physicians, and department heads.
• Exemplary core customer service skills.
• Knowledge of nursing theory and practice.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong PC skills.
• Strong verbal communication skills.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment in emergency situations.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree (BSN) in Nursing preferred.
• Two years of acute care experience preferred.
• One year of Emergency Department experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients in the Emergency Department.
• Start or check IVs, administer medications, care for trauma and critical-care patients, monitor vital signs, suction patients, and help patients with personal needs.
• Plan, provide, supervise, and document professional nursing care using the nursing process and following physician orders and established policies and procedures.
• Use professional nursing judgment to individualize care plans based on patient assessments and responses to care.
• Delegate tasks and supervise licensed and unlicensed care providers.
• Assist other nursing personnel and coworkers with nursing support functions across workloads and units, including units outside the usual primary assignment.
• As assigned, serve as a team leader or charge nurse for a group of patients or an entire unit.
• Rotate through the on-call schedule regularly.

What This Job Offers

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