Registered Nurse II- MICU

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 outcomes in the Medical ICU (Main).

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care to patients using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation).
• Directs and leads other assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.
• Provides patient/family-centered care focusing on physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs, including assessment, development of nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation of goals and interventions.
• Maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment through ensuring patient privacy and responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior.
• Demonstrates ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model, including shared governance, adherence to standards of care, peer review, professional development, leadership, clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice, and accountability for actions and critical thinking.
• Coordinates the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services through the application of care management principles.
• Identifies clinical priorities and initiates action to improve patient outcomes.
• Promotes a healthy work environment and accepts personal responsibility for professional growth.

Requirements

• 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 hire or reclassification date.
• A minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse is required.

Qualifications

• 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 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), bending at the waist (Continuous), twisting at the waist (Frequent), and squatting (Frequent).
• Ability to perform "pinching" operations (Frequent) and gross/fine motor activities with fingers and hands (Continuous).
• Ability to reach overhead (Frequent) and in all directions (Continuous).
• Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders (Continuous).
• Ability to fully use both legs and lower extremities for balance and coordination (Frequent).
• 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 using 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, match or discriminate between colors, determine distance/relationship between objects, and maintain good peripheral vision (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 require ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function (Continuous) and be qualified physically for respirator use (Continuous).

Schedule

Scheduled weekly hours: 36.

Pay

Pay rate type: Hourly. Pay grade: Health-28.