RN - 3 South Medical FT AM

Lexington Medical Center•West Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse utilizes the nursing process to promote and restore patients’ health, collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, provides physical and psychological support to patients and their families, and supervises assigned team members. The RN uses critical thinking to gather data, assess, exercise nursing judgment, intervene, and evaluate responses to actual and potential health problems. Care may include health teaching, supportive and restorative care, and support for a peaceful death. Responsibilities are carried out in accordance with Lexington Health’s mission, vision, strategic imperatives, applicable standards, American Nurses Association Standards, and the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. This position is on the 3rd South Medical unit and is listed as full-time, with an AM/PM shift of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is listed. Newly graduated nurses are not considered for Critical Care, Medical/Surgical, Intermediate, or Emergency Department units without post-graduation experience unless they have successfully completed LMC’s Nurse Residency Program. Newly graduated RNs whose generic RN education was obtained through an online program do not meet LMC minimum qualifications.

Requirements

ADN, nursing diploma, or Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Current RN license to practice in South Carolina.
Generic RN education obtained through an online program does not meet LMC minimum qualifications.
New graduates seeking a Critical Care, Medical/Surgical, Intermediate, or Emergency Department unit position must have post-graduation experience or have successfully completed LMC’s Nurse Residency Program.
Maintain required certifications and complete required annual training and employee health requirements.

Responsibilities

Establish positive rapport with patients and families, and provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support.
Promote patient independence by establishing care goals and educating patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care in a way they can understand.
Serve as a patient and family advocate and use ethical decision-making to support acceptable patient outcomes.
Document and communicate care actions, irregularities, and continuing needs to maintain continuity among nursing teams.
Use critical thinking and clinical judgment to gather and interpret data, assess needs, intervene, and evaluate responses to health problems and changing situations.
Maintain patient confidentiality.
Adhere to therapeutic standards and evaluate health outcomes against patient care goals; make or recommend adjustments as needed.
Resolve patient problems and needs using multidisciplinary team strategies.
Participate in performance improvement initiatives and apply evidence-based practice to maintain or improve care quality and patient safety.
Maintain a safe and clean work environment and follow infection-control, medication administration and storage, and controlled-substance procedures.
Document patient care activities accurately and promptly, and provide safe, appropriate, quality care and support.
Ensure equipment is maintained and functioning, troubleshoot problems, arrange repairs, maintain equipment inventories, and evaluate new equipment and techniques.
Use nursing supplies and equipment appropriately and communicate effectively with health care teams, respond to requests, and participate in team problem-solving.
Respond promptly to communication devices and assist with required environmental checks.
Maintain professional knowledge, required certifications, attendance and service expectations, and complete annual safety training, mandatory classes, and employee health requirements.
Ensure hazardous waste and hazardous waste pharmaceuticals are properly segregated, stored, labeled, closed, and managed for disposal; complete initial and annual RCRA training.
Complete at least 15 hours of continuing education annually within the specialty.

Benefits

$20,000 sign-on bonus.
Day-one medical, dental, and life insurance benefits for benefit-eligible employees.
Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
403(b) match plan enrollment beginning day one; LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
Employer-paid life insurance equal to one times salary.
Option to elect supplemental life insurance at low-cost premiums up to three times salary.
Adoption assistance.
Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage for full-time employees after 90 days of eligible employment.
Tuition reimbursement.
Student loan forgiveness.