Registered Nurse I (Fall 2024 New Grad Blitz) - Main Transplant Stepdown and Acute Care

Rotating (United States of America)

Job Description

If you are interested in either of the Specialty Acute Care or Transplant Units listed below, please apply to this posting for the Fall 2024 New Grad Blitz.

Main Hospital 5W Specialty Acute Care

Main Hospital 5W (MH5W) is a 16 bed acute care unit with the unique clinical focus of providing care for liver failure patients, including transplant recipients, in the pre and post-operative settings, liver cirrhosis, hepatitis, acute kidney injury and sickle cell.

Nurses and patient care technicians work collaboratively alongside our Hepatologists and medical teams to provide patients and their families with high quality, evidenced based care.

MH5W is first unit at MUSC to utilize the new drug Terlipressin in treatment of liver patients with decreased kidney function.

The patient population on MH5W also includes a vast array of medical-surgical patients. MH5W also offers opportunities for nurses to obtain ongoing transplant specific education and highly encourages a specialty certification in several areas to include palliative, wound care, med / surg.

Main Hospital 6E Transplant

Main 6E Transplant is a 22-bed adult inpatient unit, specializing in the treatment of fresh post operative solid organ abdominal transplants.

The unit offers two distinct levels of care to adult patients according to their acuity : 1) Intermediate / Stepdown Care, and 2) Acute inpatient care as they treat pre and post kidney, liver, and kidney / pancreas transplants.

The Intermediate Care beds closely monitor transplant patients with arterial lines and specialized drips. The transplant unit requires all nurses to become ACLS certified and to become a resource in peritoneal dialysis within the first 6 months of hire.

The patient population on MH6E includes a wide variety of other Acute Care patients. MH6E offers opportunities for nurses to obtain ongoing transplant specific education and highly encourages a specialty certification in several areas to include transplant, and wound care.

Additional Job Description

Hours Per Week : 36

Scheduled Work Hours / Shift : 3-12 hour shifts. Shifts vary based on the needs of the department.

Job Summary / Purpose : Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse I (New Graduate) assists at the advanced beginner level in providing individualized, goal directed nursing care to patients and families utilizing principles and practices of the nursing process;

interacts with other members of the health care team to achieve desired outcomes.

Minimum Training and Education : 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.

Required Licensure, Certifications, and Registrations : 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.

Physical and Mental Requirements : Ability to perform job functions while standing. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while sitting.

Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while walking. (Continuous) Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent) Ability to work indoors.

Continuous) Ability to work outside in temperature extremes. (Infrequent) Ability to work from elevated areas. (Frequent) Ability to work in confined / cramped spaces.

Frequent) Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) Ability to bend at the waist. (Continuous) Ability to twist at the waist.

Frequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Frequent) Ability to perform "pinching" operations. (Frequent) Ability to perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands.

Continuous) Ability to perform firm grasping with fingers and hands. (Continuous) Ability to perform fine manipulation with fingers and hands.

Continuous) Ability to reach overhead. (Frequent) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands / wrists / elbows and shoulders.

Continuous) Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous) Ability to use lower extremities for balance and coordination.

Frequent) Ability to 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) Ability to work 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) (Selected Positions)

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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