Registered Nurse - Surgical Specialties - MUSCP

Medical University of South Carolina

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides quality nursing care and is accountable for coordinating patient care, primarily in the Surgical Specialties Clinic at MUSC Health East, a large outpatient clinic in Mt. Pleasant. The role involves applying the nursing process and collaborating with other nursing staff, providers, and multidisciplinary team members to deliver age- and developmentally appropriate care. Care is centered on patients and families and addresses physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. The nurse helps maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment; coordinates efficient care delivery; identifies clinical priorities; and takes action to improve patient outcomes. The role also includes participation in shared governance, peer review, professional development, and a professional practice model that supports leadership, clinical excellence, effective teamwork, autonomous practice, and accountability. The clinic offers a routine daytime schedule with no evenings, weekends, or holidays.

Requirements

Associate's degree.
Licensure as a Registered Nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification.
For RN II: at least one year of work experience as a Registered Nurse.
Ability to perform job functions while standing, walking, and sitting; bend, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, use both hands and legs, and perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders.
Ability to qualify physically for respirator use, initially and as required; maintain corrected 20/40 vision and recognize objects at close hand and at a distance; work indoors in a latex-safe environment.
Frequently lift, lower, push, pull, or carry approximately 50 pounds unassisted; exert up to 50 pounds of force; and lift 25 pounds from 36 inches to overhead.
Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined or cramped spaces.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care using the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Direct and lead assigned team members and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to provide age- and developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards.
Provide patient- and family-centered care, including assessment, nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, care planning, interventions, coordination, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation of goals and interventions in accordance with MUSC policies.
Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment by protecting patient privacy and demonstrating responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior.
Participate in shared governance, peer review, professional development, and the professional practice model; promote leadership, clinical excellence, effective teamwork, autonomous practice, and accountability.
Coordinate effective and efficient delivery of patient care services using care management principles.
Identify clinical priorities and initiate actions to improve patient outcomes.
Promote a healthy work environment and take responsibility for professional growth.