Registered Nurse II - Children's Health - MUSCP

About the role

Responsible for providing quality nursing care while maintaining accountability for the coordination of patient care at Carolina Family Care, Inc. (CFC). This role involves delivering patient/family-centered care using the nursing process, focusing on physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to patients using the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Direct and lead assigned team members and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to deliver age- and developmentally-appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards.
• Assess, develop nursing diagnoses, identify outcomes, plan and implement interventions, coordinate care, and evaluate goals and interventions consistent with MUSC policies.
• Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment by ensuring patient privacy and demonstrating professional behavior.
• Function within a professional practice model, including participation in shared governance, adherence to care standards, peer review, and professional development.
• Promote leadership, clinical excellence, effective teamwork, autonomous practice, and accountability for actions and critical thinking.
• Coordinate the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services using care management principles.
• Identify clinical priorities and initiate actions to improve patient outcomes.
• Participate in shared governance, promote a healthy work environment, and accept personal responsibility for professional growth.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• Minimum of one (1) year of work experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification.

Physical Requirements

• Continuous standing, walking, and sitting; ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, and reach in all directions.
• Full use of both hands and legs, good finger dexterity, and ability to perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders.
• Ability to be physically qualified for respirator use, initially and as required.
• Maintain 20/40 corrected vision, recognize objects at close and far distances, and work indoors in a latex-safe environment.
• Frequently lift, lower, push, pull, and/or carry objects weighing up to 50 lbs unassisted; exert up to 50 lbs of force; lift from 36” to overhead up to 25 lbs.
• Infrequent work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.

Pay

Hourly pay rate, Pay Grade Health-28.

Schedule

36 scheduled weekly hours.