Registered Nurse II-MSICU

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 in a Medical Surgical ICU setting.

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.
• Evaluates goals and interventions consistent with MUSC policies.
• Maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment by ensuring patient privacy and demonstrating responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior.
• Demonstrates ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, peer review, and professional development promoting leadership and clinical excellence.
• Coordinates effective and efficient delivery of patient care services using 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 must enroll in an accredited BSN program within two years and obtain a BSN degree within four years of hire or reclassification date (refer to policy A141).
• A minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse.

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, or walking continuously.
• Ability to climb stairs infrequently.
• Ability to work indoors continuously and outside in temperature extremes infrequently.
• Ability to work from elevated areas frequently and in confined/cramped spaces frequently.
• Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions infrequently, bending at the waist continuously, twisting at the waist frequently, and squatting frequently.
• Ability to perform pinching, gross motor activities, firm grasping, and fine manipulation with fingers and hands continuously.
• Ability to reach overhead frequently and in all directions continuously.
• Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders continuously.
• Ability to fully use both legs continuously and use lower extremities for balance and coordination frequently.
• Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. unassisted infrequently.
• Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lbs. from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted infrequently.
• Ability to lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs. infrequently.
• Ability to exert up to 50 lbs. of force frequently (e.g., transferring patients, pushing wheelchairs or stretchers).
• Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one or both eyes continuously, including depth perception, color discrimination, and peripheral vision.
• Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction, continuously.
• Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements continuously.
• Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations continuously.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and overtime as required frequently.
• Ability to work in a latex-safe environment continuously.
• Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions continuously.
• Selected positions require ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function continuously.
• Selected positions require ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required, continuously.

Schedule

Scheduled weekly hours: 36. Ability to work rotating shifts and overtime as required.

Pay

Pay grade: Health-28 (hourly).