RN - Intermediate ICU (IICU)

Lexington Medical Center•West Columbia, SC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN in the Intermediate ICU uses the nursing process and critical-thinking skills to promote and restore patients’ health. The role includes gathering and interpreting clinical data, assessing patients, exercising nursing judgment, providing interventions, and evaluating responses to actual and potential health problems. The RN collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, provides physical and psychological support to patients and their families, and supervises assigned team members. Care is delivered in accordance with Lexington Health’s mission, vision, strategic imperatives, applicable nursing standards, and the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. The position supports patients and families through compassionate, ethical, evidence-based care, education, advocacy, accurate documentation, and coordination across nursing teams. The RN also helps maintain a safe care environment, uses supplies and equipment appropriately, participates in quality and performance improvement, and fulfills professional education, certification, safety, attendance, and employee health requirements. The listed schedule is a full-time PM/N shift from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is listed.

Requirements

ADN, nursing diploma, or Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Current RN license to practice in South Carolina.
New graduates whose generic RN education was obtained through an online program do not meet Lexington Medical Center’s minimum qualifications.
Critical Care, Medical/Surgical, Intermediate, and Emergency Department units do not consider newly graduated nurses without post-graduation experience, except those who have successfully completed LMC’s Nurse Residency Program.
Meet required education and certification requirements for the nursing specialty, as specified in the Mandatory Certification Requirements policy.
Complete annual safety training, mandatory classes, employee health requirements, and required continuing education.

Responsibilities

Build positive rapport with patients and families and provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support.
Establish patient care goals, promote independence, and educate patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care in an understandable manner.
Serve as a patient and family advocate and use ethical decision-making to support appropriate patient outcomes.
Use critical thinking to gather and interpret data, assess patients, make nursing judgments, provide interventions, and evaluate responses to health problems.
Recognize and respond to changing clinical situations in a timely and effective manner.
Document and communicate care, irregularities, and continuing needs to maintain continuity among nursing teams; protect confidential information.
Adhere to therapeutic standards, nursing practices, regulatory requirements, and patient care goals; make or recommend adjustments to care as needed.
Resolve patient problems and needs using multidisciplinary team strategies.
Participate in evidence-based process and performance improvement activities to improve care quality and safety.
Maintain a safe and clean work environment and follow infection-control, medication-handling, storage, and controlled-substance procedures.
Ensure accurate and timely documentation of patient care and provide safe, appropriate, quality care to patients and families.
Maintain equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturer instructions, troubleshooting issues, arranging repairs, maintaining inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
Use nursing supplies and equipment appropriately and communicate and cooperate effectively with healthcare teams.
Respond promptly to communication devices and assist with environmental checks as required by policy and regulations.
Maintain professional knowledge through educational workshops, publications, networks, and professional societies; maintain required certifications and complete annual safety and mandatory training.
Meet attendance and service expectations and comply with annual employee health requirements.
Complete initial RCRA training within six months of hire and annual continuing RCRA training; ensure hazardous waste is handled, stored, labeled, and managed appropriately.
Complete at least 15 hours of continuing education annually within the specialty.

Benefits

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