Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Job Summary

The MUSC Orangeburg Emergency Department is a Level III Trauma Center serving the surrounding communities of Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg, and Barnwell counties. As a Registered Nurse, you will work alongside a diverse healthcare team to provide top-notch care to patients.

About the Role

Provide professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinate care planning with other disciplines. Work Environment: Regularly exposed to infectious, contagious, and bloodborne diseases; contact with patients under various circumstances; exposed to unpleasant elements including accidents, injuries, and illnesses; subject to varying and unpredictable situations; must handle emergency or crisis situations; occasionally subject to irregular hours; occasionally exposed to radiation.

Essential Functions

• Document initial nursing histories and assess patients' conditions per policy requirements, developing individual care plans considering physical, psycho-social, environmental, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Assist physicians with examinations, procedures, and other patient care processes according to established policies and procedures.
• Evaluate patient care outcomes, consult with specialists as needed, and revise nursing care processes to optimize patient care.
• Coordinate discharge planning, monitor and record patients' conditions, maintain confidentiality, and formulate a teaching plan based on identified learning needs.
• Coordinate patients' ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services, communicate patients' condition during hand-offs, and perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Stand up to twelve (12) hours, walk, sit, use hands, reach, stoop, kneel, talk, hear, smell, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Lift or exert energy up to 35 pounds.
• Utilize patient transfer/lift devices and safe patient handling equipment for transferring and lifting patients greater than 35 pounds.
• Read and interpret business or safety manuals, clinical or technical procedures or regulations; write reports, correspondence, and manuals; present information and respond to questions; perform complex math functions; define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; multitask and prioritize responsibilities.

Mental Requirements

• Read and interpret business or safety manuals, clinical or technical procedures or regulations; write reports, correspondence, and manuals; present information and respond to questions; perform more complex math functions; define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; multitask and prioritize assigned and assumed responsibilities.

Minimum Requirements

• Associate's Degree and a minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse required.
• Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required.

Pay

Hourly pay grade Health-28 with a scheduled weekly hours of 36.

Schedule

Regular work shift.

Benefits

N/A

Skills

Ability to read and interpret business or safety manuals, clinical or technical procedures or regulations; write reports, correspondence, and manuals; present information and respond to questions; perform more complex math functions; define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; multitask and prioritize assigned and assumed responsibilities; ability to read and interpret medical charts, documents, and monitors; ability to communicate with patients, families, and visitors from diverse cultural backgrounds; ability to take patient vitals, administer injections, conduct physical exams; ability to lift and move patients or medical equipment as needed; visual acuity and color perception to accurately read medical charts, documents, and monitors; auditory ability to effectively communicate with patients and colleagues, as well as to perceive important sounds such as alarms or patient instructions; stamina and resilience to handle the physical and emotional demands of providing patient care, including long shifts and potentially stressful situations; mobility to navigate clinical environments, including moving between patient rooms, offices, and other areas of the facility; compliance with infection control protocols and proper use of personal protective equipment to maintain a safe and healthy work environment.

Qualifications

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