Registered Nurse
Company: Conway Medical Center
Location: Conway
Posted on: September 20, 2023
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Job Description:
Position Summary: The Registered Nurse (RN) will provide care of
the patients on the Acute Rehabilitation Unit. In collaboration
with the patient, the patient's family, and other members of the
health care team, the RN is responsible for assessing, evaluating,
planning, implementing and coordinating a treatment plan and
achieving the goals of the nursing department. You serve as a key
position of the interdependent team, and hold responsibility for
achieving positive patient and departmental outcomes. The RN will
maintain overall accountability/responsibility for assigned
patients and will assist a patient exercise, provide proper skin
care to prevent skin breakdown and ensure patients are properly
positioned to prevent further immobility. The RN and the Acute
Rehabilitation team will be responsible for the ensuring patients
are awake and prepared for the day. The RN will coordinate with the
rehab therapy team to provide acute medical management to improve a
patient's loss of or impairment in functional skills such as:
mobility, cognition, activities of daily living and communication.
Additionally, the RN will administer medications in accordance with
physician orders and will instruct patients and families regarding
medications and treatment plans. The RN will use professional
nursing judgment to individualize the plan of care based on
assessment of the patient's baseline needs and response to care,
delegate tasks and supervise the activities of other licensed and
unlicensed care providers, and assist other nursing personnel in
the delivery of nursing care and act as team leader or charge nurse
for a group of patients or an entire unit as assigned. The RN
performs functions as noted above and generally with an assigned
patient load, but RN is ready and willing to assist co-workers with
ANY nursing support function and across any case load including
other units that may not be the normal primary work assignment.
Qualifications Education: Associates' degree (ASN) in Nursing
required. Bachelors' degree (BSN) in Nursing preferred. Experience:
Two (2) years acute care experience preferred. One (1) year Acute
Rehabilitation Care experience preferred.
Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current South Carolina (or
compact state) licensure as RN (SCLLR) in good standing required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required. Certified
Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) by the Association of
Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) must be obtained within two (2) year of
employment. ACLS certification preferred. Special Skills: Ability
to work effectively and collaboratively with co-workers, nursing
colleagues, physicians, and department heads required. Exemplary
core customer service skills strongly required. Knowledge of
nursing theory and practice required. Strong organizational/time
management skills required. Strong PC skills required. Strong
verbal communication skills required. Ability to exercise
independent judgement in emergency situations required. Working
Conditions: Occasional exposure to difficult situations involving
patients. Stress level high due to multiple demands frequently
occurring simultaneously. Frequent exposure to bio-hazardous
materials. Potential exposure to blood-borne and airborne
pathogens. Prolonged standing and walking required. Physical
Requirements: Medium - While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is frequently (activity or condition exists from 1/3 to
2/3 of the time) required to stand, sit, and walk; occasionally
(activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) to use hands,
fingers; and frequently to talk or hear. The employee must exert 20
to 35 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 15 pounds of force
frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force
constantly to move objects. Specific vision abilities required by
this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust
focus. Ability to hear to process instructions and safety code and
alarms required. The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job and will
be assessed by post offer Employee Health fit-for-duty review.
Employment Type: Full Time Years Experience: 1 - 3 years
Bonus/Commission: No
Keywords: Conway Medical Center, Wilmington , Registered Nurse, Healthcare , Conway, North Carolina
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