CVICU RN

About the Role

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care tailored to the specific requirements of the department and aligned with state and specialty scope and standards. In collaboration with medical providers and the care team, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." The RN serves as a patient and family advocate, supporting the organization’s vision, mission, and values to ensure an unparalleled patient experience and clinical outcomes.

• Performs procedures, monitoring, and other functions as ordered by medical providers.
• Documents the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
• Teaches patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, treatment plans, medications, side effects, and follow-up measures, translating complex medical terminology for clear understanding.
• Educates patients and families on non-medicinal follow-up measures, such as lifestyle changes, healthy diet, exercise, and disease prevention.
• Prepares patients and families for future self-management.
• Manages evidence-based practices and continuous process improvement initiatives to meet and exceed quality measures.
• Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate, evaluate, customize, and deliver holistic patient treatment plans that promote and support recovery.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) Diploma, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), or Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Critical care experience (required).
• CVICU experience (preferred).

Benefits

Grand Strand Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. Available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs, such as paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the Organization

Grand Strand Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1978, offering patients access to highly trained physicians and advanced technology. As a 300+ bed hospital, it is one of the region’s leading acute care facilities, recognized for excellence in chest pain, knee and hip replacement, sepsis, and stroke care by The Joint Commission. The hospital features:

• The only cardiac surgery program and neurosurgery program in the region.
• A pediatric intensive care unit and Level I trauma center with two free-standing emergency departments.
• An advanced wound care center, breast cancer center, and Carolina Forest Imaging Center.

HCA Healthcare, the parent organization, has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times and has invested an estimated $3.7 billion in charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses in recent years.