What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse (RN)-Neuro Trauma/ Multi-Specialty 8 tower position at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System?
Job Requirements
Job Description
Sign On Bonus Offered to New Grad and Experienced RN's!
Our 540 Bed Level 1 Trauma acute care hospital offers a wide range of services and is part of an organization with 6 acute care facilities, over 10,000 team members and 400 volunteers. Join our team of highly regarded staff and receive an attractive salary and benefits package, including increased pay rates, exceptional education programs and opportunities for professional growth.
Our Neuro Trauma unit (8 Tower) has 28 beds (Tele/Oxygen monitored), 1:4/5 nurse to patient ratio (depending on acuity) with an average stay of 4-5 days and an average age of . This unit's patient population includes: Stroke, TBI, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuro Surgeries, Lumba Fusions, Anterior Cervical Surgery, Seizures, etc. The team personality is motivated, flexible, inclusive, collaborative with a great learning environment with awesome preceptors and team longevity.
The leaders are very supportive of team members transitioning to critical care and provide top notch training for top notch success/patient care. Our diverse patient population and case types enables this unit to grow SRHS Strong RNs!
Position Summary
Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse demonstrates thorough knowledge of therapeutic patient care, patient advocacy, clinical pathways/care maps, team dynamics, hospital systems, and serves as a resource for the registered nurse and support staff. Collaborates with leadership in developing and implementing the Spartanburg Medical Center culture, Vision, Mission and goals.
Minimum Requirements
Education
Job Description
Sign On Bonus Offered to New Grad and Experienced RN's!
Our 540 Bed Level 1 Trauma acute care hospital offers a wide range of services and is part of an organization with 6 acute care facilities, over 10,000 team members and 400 volunteers. Join our team of highly regarded staff and receive an attractive salary and benefits package, including increased pay rates, exceptional education programs and opportunities for professional growth.
Our Neuro Trauma unit (8 Tower) has 28 beds (Tele/Oxygen monitored), 1:4/5 nurse to patient ratio (depending on acuity) with an average stay of 4-5 days and an average age of . This unit's patient population includes: Stroke, TBI, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuro Surgeries, Lumba Fusions, Anterior Cervical Surgery, Seizures, etc. The team personality is motivated, flexible, inclusive, collaborative with a great learning environment with awesome preceptors and team longevity.
The leaders are very supportive of team members transitioning to critical care and provide top notch training for top notch success/patient care. Our diverse patient population and case types enables this unit to grow SRHS Strong RNs!
Position Summary
Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse demonstrates thorough knowledge of therapeutic patient care, patient advocacy, clinical pathways/care maps, team dynamics, hospital systems, and serves as a resource for the registered nurse and support staff. Collaborates with leadership in developing and implementing the Spartanburg Medical Center culture, Vision, Mission and goals.
Minimum Requirements
Education
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Minimum of one year of recent R.N. experience within the past 5 years preferred.
- Current R.N. licensure in the state of South Carolina
- BLS, ACLS, PALS/ENPC
- Collaborates with patients, families, and other members of the health care team to determine patient priorities and treatments
- Initiates and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance outcome
- Seeks necessary assistance in completing nursing interventions to assure positive patient outcomes
- Participates in hourly rounding and bedside shift report
- Responsible for demonstrating competency for all new equipment and procedures.
- Provides clinical guidance to students and ancillary staff
- Successfully completes hospital and unit based orientation programs
- Formulates a plan for professional growth
- Ensures compliance with all clinical expectations regarding regulatory requirements
- Identifies appropriate standards of care, and/or collaborative clinical pathways to guide the plan of care
- Complies with established policies and procedures
- Identifies the need to develop or revise policies and procedures pertaining to specialized patient populations and/or unit and hospital based practices
- Serves on unit based committees
- Prioritizes nursing interventions for an assigned group of patients
- Assesses assigned patients’ medical history, admitting diagnosis and physician’s orders, obtaining nursing history, performing physical assessment, evaluating diagnostic data, and interviewing patient and family to determine patient needs
- Demonstrates knowledge of professional nursing practice and theory.
- Assures continuity of care through effective decision making resulting in quality patient care
- Documents all aspects of patient care by following established charting procedure to show the patient’s progress or any change in the patient’s condition
- Other Duties as assigned