Rapid Response Registered Nurse PRN

Company: Grand Strand Medical Center
Location: Myrtle Beach
Posted on: October 5, 2021

Job Description:

Description

Do you want to be a part of a family and not just another employee? Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application today and find out what it truly means to be a part of a team.

HCA is dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues. We will provide you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are currently looking for an ambitious Rapid Response Registered Nurse to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential here!

We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. As a PRN employee, you'll enjoy: 

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible scheduling
• 401k with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Along with a huge opportunity for growth as you'll be joining one of the largest and most successful healthcare organizations in the world.

The Rapid Response Registered Nurse immediately evaluates our hospitalized patients with early signs of clinical deterioration on non-intensive care units in an effort to prevent respiratory/cardiac arrest, admission to the ICU, to preserve the quality of life. The Rapid Response Registered Nurse is part of an expert clinical team in the acute care area, whose main goal is to prevent deaths and arrest hemodynamic decline in patients outside of intensive care units. 

What you will do in this role:

• You will respond to house-wide, emergent situations including Cardio-pulmonary arrests-Code Blue, Code STEMI, Code Strokes, Code Shock, Code ICE, Trauma Alerts and increasing MEWS scores.
• You will be empowered to call a rapid response code at any time yourself and/or when the Rapid Response team feels additional nursing expertise is required.
• In emergent situations, you will lead the emergency response team until a physician arrives.
• In collaboration with the patient, patient’s family, and other member of the healthcare team, you will assess, plan, implement, evaluate and coordinate treatment plans.
• You will check with the Critical Care Charge RN to assess the needs of unit between rapid response patient care.
• You will participate on committees to improve the quality and outcome of Rapid Responses/Codes.
• You will assist in developing and implementing staff educational programs to improve house-wide response to emergent patient situations. This may include traditional in-services, poster presentations and/or mock drills. Educational needs are identified through monthly data review for our Sepsis, STEMI, Stroke and Code Blue data.

Qualifications

What qualifications you may need:

• Graduation from an accredited school of Registered Nursing is required
• Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active Compact/Multi-State RN license
• A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required
• A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Health Care Provider is required
• Successful completion of TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Courses) or TCAR within 12 months of entering this position is required
• Prior Critical Care/Intensive Care Unit experience is required

Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) is a community of 94,000 Registered Nurses and 38,000 active physicians. We have over 1,900 facilities ranging from hospitals, freestanding ER’s, ambulatory surgery centers, and urgent care clinics. Our facility based staff continues to raise the bar in patient care. Ten HCA hospitals have been named in IBM Watson Health’s top 100 best-performing hospitals based on patient satisfaction and operational data.

Grand Strand Medical Center located in beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC is a 369-bed acute care hospital serving residents of Horry and surrounding counties. Our hospital offers the only cardiac surgery program, neurosurgery program and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Horry and Georgetown counties and is a designated Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center by South Carolina DHEC. Grand Strand Medical Center is recognized by the Join Commission for the following programs: chest pain, knee and hip replacement and sepsis. In addition, we have received awards from the American Heart Association for our treatment of heart attacks and strokes.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply. We promptly review all applications. If you are highly qualified you will hear from one of our managers. We are actively interviewing so apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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