RN - Intermediate ICU (IICU)

Lexington Medical Center • SC

71d

About The Position

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer. Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: ADN, Diploma or Bachelors of Science in Nursing.
• Current RN license to practice in the State of South Carolina.
• New graduate RN’s who acquire their generic RN education through an on-line program will not meet LMC minimum qualifications.
• Critical Care, Medical/Surgical, Intermediate, and Emergency Department units will not consider newly graduated Nurses without post-graduation experience, except for those that have successfully completed LMC's Nurse Residency Program.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to promote and restore patient’s health status.
• Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
• Provides physical and psychological support to patients, family members and significant others.
• Supervises assigned team members.
• Establishes positive rapport with patient and family.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals and providing education.
• Serves as patient/family advocate.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions.
• Uses a systematic critical-thinking approach to guide data gathering and assessment.
• Identifies, synthesizes and interprets sources of data using reasonable clinical judgement.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Participates in process/performance improvement activities.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures.
• Documents all patient care activities accurately and timely.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements.
• Demonstrates effective teamwork skills and maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops.

Benefits

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary.
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees