Relief Staff Leader - 7B Medical Acute Care

Job Description Summary

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.

Entity: Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type: Employee Worker Sub-Type: Regular Cost Center: CC000237 CHS - ACU Acute Care 7B Main Pay Rate Type: Hourly Pay Grade: Health-28 Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 Work Shift: Rotating United States of America

Job Description

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. Provide patient-family centered care using the nursing process and focusing on the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. This includes providing for the assessment, development of nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, coordination of care, health teaching, and promotion, and evaluation of goals and interventions consistent with the policies of MUSC.

Maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment through ensuring patient privacy and responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior. Demonstrates the ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model. This includes participating in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, participation in peer review, and professional development, promoting leadership and clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice, and acknowledgment of 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. Demonstrates ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, promotion of a healthy work environment, and acceptance of personal responsibility for professional growth.

Additional Job Description

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. Refer to policy A141 for more details.

Required Licensure, Certifications, and Registrations

• 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 is required.

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/crammed 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.

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.

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

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