Registered Nurse

Company: Tenet Healthcare
Location: Mount Pleasant
Posted on: September 17, 2020

Job Description:

Underthe direction of the Department Director and/or Charge Nurse, provides directand/or indirect, safe and effective professional nursing care. Assumes responsibility for assessing,planning, implementing, and evaluating health care needs of all patientsassigned. Provides nursing care to apatient population ranging from infant to geriatric, unless otherwiseindicated. Works collaboratively withthe health care team, is customer focused and strives to meet unit and hospitalgoals. Provides quality nursing careaccording to established practice standards and guidelines for the area(s)assigned. Must be willing/able to floatto other comparable nursing units, as requested/needed.**Qualifications**Toperform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform eachessential duty satisfactorily. Therequirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/orability required. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to performthe essential functions.**Other Qualifications**+ **Knowledge ofgeneral nursing theories and practice**+ **Previous hospitalexperience preferred**+ **Must havemanagement and teaching ability**+ **Must be able toeffectively motivate and supervise others.**+ **Must be able toutilize initiative and independent action when required within the scope ofprofessional nursing practice**+ **Must be able toutilize good judgment in evaluating alternatives in difficult situations.**+ **Must be able towork with the realization that errors in receiving and transcribing order,giving medications, treatments, or performing other procedures or performingsupervisory duties could have detrimental effects to the patients.**+ **Must have goodverbal communications skills**+ **Must have theability to exercise tact and diplomacy when dealing with physicians, patientsand family members personnel**+ **Discretion isrequired in handling confidential information**+ **Must be able towork irregular schedules, weekends and holiday due to staffing and censusfluctuations**+ **Must be able toassume the role of a Charge Nurse as needed/requested** **Education**+ **Currentunrestricted RN license in the State of South Carolina**+ **Successfulcompletion of nursing service orientation program**+ **Attends IVTherapy training and/or demonstrates competency in intravenous therapy withinone year**+ **Attends SkillsFair and completes yearly competency checklists**+ **Maintainscompetency and/or certification specific to departmental requirements**+ **Must have currentBCLS certifications, ACLS recommended**+ **Advancedcertification in specialty field and/or participation in professionalorganization(s) encouraged** **Supervisory Responsibilities** **None****Job:** _Nursing_**Organization:** _East Cooper Medical Center_**Title:** _RN Med Surg Full Time Days_**Location:** _SC-Mount Pleasant_**Requisition ID:** _2005026539_

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