Registered Nurse Inpatient Rehab

Medical University of South Carolina•Orangeburg, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care within the assigned inpatient rehabilitation unit and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. The MUSC Orangeburg Inpatient Rehab Unit is a 24-bed acute rehabilitation unit. Nurses work closely with therapists and other disciplines to help patients achieve the best possible mobility and independence following strokes, traumas, surgeries, and other conditions. Patients must be able to tolerate three hours of therapy per day, five to six days per week. The schedule consists of three 12-hour night shifts, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 a.m., for 36 scheduled hours per week. The role primarily interacts with people of all age groups and provides direct patient care. Staff must demonstrate the knowledge and skill to address patients’ physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related needs, including the needs of patients and visitors from diverse cultural backgrounds. The work environment includes regular exposure to infectious, contagious, and blood-borne diseases; contact with patients in varied circumstances; and exposure to unpleasant elements, including accidents, injuries, and illnesses. The position may involve unpredictable situations, emergency or crisis response, occasional irregular hours, and occasional radiation exposure. The nurse may supervise LPNs, CNAs, WS, Techs, and MOAs, and is responsible for stewardship of supplies and resources.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current RN license in the state of South Carolina.
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification.
Ability to stand for up to 12 hours and to walk, sit, use hands, reach, stoop, kneel, talk, hear, and smell.
Ability to lift or exert energy up to 35 pounds; safe patient-handling equipment is required for transferring or lifting patients over 35 pounds.
Required visual abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, as well as depth perception.
Ability to read and interpret business or safety manuals, clinical or technical procedures, and regulations; write reports, correspondence, or manuals; and present information and respond to questions from groups, patients, families, employees, and medical staff.
Ability to perform complex math functions, define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret concrete and abstract concepts, and follow verbal, nonverbal, and written instructions.
Ability to multitask and prioritize assigned and assumed responsibilities to complete patient care.
Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to meet the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related needs of patients across all age groups and to respond to people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Ability to perform patient-care tasks requiring manual dexterity and fine motor skills, navigate clinical environments, communicate effectively, perceive alarms and instructions, and comply with infection-control protocols and proper use of personal protective equipment.
Stamina and resilience to handle the physical and emotional demands of patient care, long shifts, and potentially stressful situations.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred.
Some clinical or hospital experience preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

Document initial nursing histories, assess patients’ conditions according to policy, and develop individualized care plans addressing physical, psychosocial, environmental, cultural, and spiritual needs.
Assist physicians with examinations, procedures, and other direct patient-care processes in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Evaluate patient-care outcomes, consult specialists as needed, and revise nursing-care processes to support optimal care.
Coordinate discharge planning.
Monitor and record patients’ conditions.
Maintain confidentiality.
Develop teaching plans using an interdisciplinary approach based on identified learning needs, and evaluate their effectiveness, including family teaching when appropriate.
Coordinate patients’ ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Communicate patients’ conditions during hand-offs.
Perform rounds on patients according to policy to improve clinical outcomes.
Orient or mentor new staff members.
Listen effectively to patients to facilitate care requirements and provide first-line customer service response.
Perform charge duties when requested by the director, after six months of nursing experience and appropriate training.
Perform other duties as assigned by the director of nursing, charge nurse, medical staff, or others, and follow MUSC Standards of Behaviors.
Use patient transfer and lift devices when transferring or lifting patients weighing more than 35 pounds.