Registered Nurse II- Ambulatory Preop Clinic

About the Role

Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse II provides individualized, goal-directed patient care to families and patients at the competent level utilizing the principles and practices of the nursing process; delivers safe and effective care and interacts with other members of the health care team to achieve desired results.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient assessments and chart reviews to aid in the preoperative assessment optimization process prior to surgery.
• Provide nursing care to patients using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation).
• Direct and lead other assigned team members and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.
• Provide patient/family centered care using the nursing process and focusing on the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs.
• Provide for the assessment, development of nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion and evaluation of goals and interventions consistent with the policies of MUSC.
• Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment through ensuring patient privacy and responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior.
• Demonstrate the ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model, including participating in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, participation in peer review and professional development promoting leadership and clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice and acknowledgment of accountability for actions and critical thinking.
• Coordinate the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services through the application of care management principles.
• Identify clinical priorities and initiate action to improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrate ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, promotion of a healthy work environment and acceptance of personal responsibility for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred.
• RN staff hired on or after July 1, 2013 with an Associate or Diploma degree in nursing are required to be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two years and successfully obtain a BSN degree within four years of the RN hire or reclassification date.
• Minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse required.

Licensure and Certifications

• Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required, either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.

Schedule

Hybrid. 2 days a week; M-F, 8am - 4:30pm, no nights, no weekends, no call.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Ability to perform job functions while standing, sitting, and walking (Continuous).
• Ability to climb stairs (Infrequent).
• Ability to work indoors (Continuous) and outside in temperature extremes (Infrequent).
• Ability to work from elevated areas (Frequent) and in confined/cramped spaces (Frequent).
• Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions (Infrequent).
• Ability to bend at the waist (Continuous) and twist at the waist (Frequent).
• Ability to squat and perform job functions (Frequent).
• Ability to perform "pinching" operations (Frequent), gross motor activities with fingers and hands (Continuous), firm grasping with fingers and hands (Continuous), and fine manipulation with fingers and hands (Continuous).
• Ability to reach overhead (Frequent), perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders (Continuous), fully use both legs (Continuous), use lower extremities for balance and coordination (Frequent), and reach in all directions (Continuous).
• Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. unassisted (Infrequent).
• Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lbs. from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted (Infrequent).
• Ability to lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs. (Infrequent).
• Ability to exert up to 50 lbs. of force (Frequent) — examples include: To transfer a 100 lb. patient that cannot assist in the transfer requires 50 lbs. of force. For every 100 additional pounds, assistance will be required from another healthcare worker. 20 lbs. of force is needed to push a 400 lb. patient in a wheelchair on carpet. 25 lbs. of force is required to push a stretcher with a patient with one hand.
• Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes (Continuous).
• Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance (Continuous).
• Ability to match or discriminate between colors (Continuous).
• Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception (Continuous).
• Good peripheral vision capabilities (Continuous).
• Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction (Continuous).
• Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements (Continuous).
• Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations (Continuous).
• Ability to work rotating shifts (Frequent) and overtime as required (Frequent).
• Ability to work in a latex safe environment (Continuous).
• Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions (Continuous).
• (Selected Positions) Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function (Continuous).
• (Selected Positions) Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required (Continuous).