Registered Nurse (RN)-Acute Care, Surgical Specialty, PT, Weekend Days

Davita Inc.; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Davita Inc. seeks a dedicated Registered Nurse responsible for providing quality patient care in a supportive environment. The role involves patient assessments, care planning, and medication administration. Candidates must have a nursing degree and be licensed in South Carolina, with at least one year of nursing experience. Join us to make a difference in healthcare!

Benefits

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Continuing education opportunities

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina.
• One year of experience as a registered nurse or completion of a Nurse Residency Program is required.
• Strong skills in patient assessment and care planning.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect nursing care to assigned patients.
• Develops and implements patient care plans based on nursing processes.
• Delegates nursing care and manages clinical situations effectively.

Skills

Critical thinking

Patient advocacy

Assessment skills

Care planning

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Responsible for providing direct and indirect nursing care to assigned patients. Works under the direct and indirect supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee but is independent in the application of nursing knowledge and skills. Manages clinical situations for which he/she is responsible.

Nurses assigned to this job code have committed to accept assignments where they will work a full-time or part-time status with shifts on every weekend (starting Friday at 7:00pm through Monday at 7:30am).

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

• Collects patient data and completes required forms with appropriate responses according to unit standards; identifies patient's problems/needs and sets priorities; identifies problems requiring further referral and/or follow-up; interprets and records latest diagnostic results; performs nursing assessment using critical thinking skills.

• Develops a plan of care based on nursing process and which incorporates the plans of other disciplines and continuing care needs; includes the patient/family in developing or revising the plan of care; makes referrals to multidisciplinary support services.

• Implementing/Managing Care: Care provided conforms to accepted practice standards; provides treatments/procedures and other care as prescribed and according to patient care standards; demonstrates understanding of age-related characteristics and needs of patients served; explains nursing procedures; provides discharge teaching; identifies emergency situations and independently initiates advanced therapy; acts as an advocate and coordinator of patient care with other health care personnel and evaluates patient care measures instituted; understands and demonstrates respect for patient rights and utilizes established mechanisms for management of ethical issues in patient care.

• Records patient care delivered as planned and any variation, with appropriate rationale; makes and records observations related to impending or associated problems; implements nursing measures related to impending or associated problems.

• Using nursing process, delegates nursing care to appropriate personnel; integrates cost effective measures into nursing practice; recognizes unit problems and takes responsibility for documenting same; demonstrates active participation in QI processes; complies with hospital expectations to meet staffing demands based on patient care needs; complies with policies addressing safe working conditions; monitors unsafe working conditions; recognizes inappropriate and/or ineffective patient care management, resolves issue/problem and completes written reports; fulfills call for unit as assigned and adjusts staffing for census (volume) and acuity.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Associate degree in Nursing. Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.

• Experience - One (1) year experience as a registered nurse.

In Lieu Of

• In lieu of one (1) year of registered nurse experience, will accept successful completion of the Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program or successful completion of a comparable residency from another organization.

• In lieu of one (1) year of registered nurse experience, will accept 1 year of licensed practical nurse (LPN) experience.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge and skills necessary to treat patients; other training as required by department.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Baptist

Facility

1520 Baptist Hospital

Department

15206231 Surgical Specialty

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