Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care, Cardiac Telemetry, FT, Night

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides clinical direction for all aspects of patient care in an acute inpatient setting and fosters patient- and family-centered care. The nurse demonstrates clinical competency using evidence-based practices throughout the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes. The role incorporates safety protocols, cost containment, and quality improvement, and requires compliance with organizational policies, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements. Care is provided within the scope of the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. The Cardiac Telemetry unit is a 32-bed unit providing comprehensive nursing care and continuous telemetry monitoring to patients with cardiovascular conditions. Its focus includes heart failure care, inpatient management, and arranging post-hospitalization services. Nursing care may include continuous EKG or oxygen-saturation monitoring, administration of cardiac and antiarrhythmic medications, and preparing patients for cardiac interventions, surgeries, diagnostic tests, and other procedures. Nurses provide holistic care addressing patients' and families' physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and cultural needs. The acute inpatient setting may require weekend, holiday, and on-call work.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing, or a nursing diploma with licensure to practice as a registered nurse.
One year of experience as a registered nurse. In lieu of this experience, successful completion of the Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program or a comparable residency is accepted; for internal candidates within the same service line, one year of licensed practical nurse experience is also accepted.
Current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State, or licensure to practice as an RN in the state where the team member works.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing.

Responsibilities

Collect patient data, complete nursing assessments using appropriate standards and tools, recognize changes in condition and responses to interventions, identify care priorities, and document findings.
Develop individualized plans of care in collaboration with patients or families, providers, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team; update plans as patient conditions change.
Establish realistic, measurable goals and outcomes with patients or families and plan for discharge, continuity of care, transitions, and referrals.
Provide direct nursing care consistent with established care plans and perform tasks within organizational policies and the RN scope of practice.
Delegate appropriate nursing tasks to healthcare team members and ensure assigned tasks are completed.
Monitor care quality and assigned patients, coordinate care according to patient and unit priorities, use available resources and technology, and incorporate cost-containment principles.
Promote patient safety by maintaining a safe environment and following safety procedures, protocols, and patient-care standards.
Use performance indicators to monitor quality and effectiveness, complete assigned performance-improvement audits, and incorporate improvement recommendations into care.
Evaluate patient responses and progress toward outcomes, revise plans as needed, report changes in condition, refer unresolved problems, and communicate outcomes during shift reports and with the healthcare team.
Assess patient and family learning needs, provide and evaluate education, encourage participation, and communicate education needs across the healthcare continuum.
Evaluate personal nursing practice, maintain professional competency and licensure, and complete required education and training.
Document and communicate pertinent information to support patient and family care needs.
Advocate for patients and coordinate care collaboratively with providers and other healthcare team members.
Perform other duties as assigned.