RN - SICU/CVICU

Lexington Medical Center•West Columbia, SC

About The Position

The RN 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 nurse 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 performed in accordance with Lexington Health’s mission, vision, strategic imperatives, American Nurses Association standards, and the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. This position is in the SICU/CVICU and is scheduled for a full-time PM shift from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. The RN provides compassionate, safe, and quality care; educates and advocates for patients and families; documents and communicates care; supports clinical quality and process improvement; uses and maintains equipment and supplies; and fulfills professional, training, certification, and continuing-education requirements.

Requirements

ADN, diploma, or Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Current RN license to practice in South Carolina.
Online-program generic RN education does not meet Lexington Medical Center minimum qualifications for new graduates.
No minimum years of experience are listed; however, critical care units will not consider newly graduated nurses without post-graduation experience unless they successfully completed Lexington Medical Center’s Nurse Residency Program.

Responsibilities

Establish positive rapport with patients and families and provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support.
Promote patient independence by setting care goals and explaining conditions, medications, and self-care in an understandable manner, while allowing patients and families to ask questions.
Serve as a patient and family advocate and use ethical decision-making to support acceptable patient outcomes.
Document and communicate patient care, irregularities, and ongoing needs accurately and promptly while protecting confidential information.
Use critical thinking and clinical judgment to gather and interpret information, assess patient responses, and provide timely interventions and evaluations.
Provide care consistent with therapeutic standards, patient goals, nursing standards, regulations, and hospital policies; adjust or recommend changes as necessary.
Resolve patient problems and needs through multidisciplinary teamwork and participate in evidence-based performance and process improvement initiatives.
Maintain a safe, clean environment and follow infection-control, medication administration and storage, and controlled-substance procedures.
Ensure equipment operates through preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, repair requests, inventory maintenance, and evaluation of equipment and techniques; use supplies and equipment appropriately.
Communicate and cooperate effectively with healthcare teams, respond promptly to communication devices, and assist with required environmental checks.
Attend educational activities and maintain professional knowledge, required certifications, attendance and service standards, and compliance with annual training and employee health requirements.
Manage hazardous waste and hazardous waste pharmaceuticals according to requirements, including initial and annual RCRA training.
Complete at least 15 hours of continuing education annually within the specialty.

Benefits

$10,000 sign-on bonus
Medical, dental, and life insurance benefits effective day one
Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
403(b) match plan enrollment from day one, with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6%
Employer-paid life insurance equal to one times salary
Optional supplemental life insurance up to three times salary at low-cost premiums
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