Description
SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Do you have thecareer opportunities you want in your current role? We have an excitingopportunity for you to join the nation's largest provider of healthcareservices as a Progressive CareUnit Registered Nurse.
At Trident Medical Center, we want to ensure your needs are met. Weoffer a variety of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans along withsome unique benefits including:
- TuitionReimbursement/Assistance Programs
- Paid Personal Leave
- 401k (100% annual match 3%-9% of pay based on years of service)
- Identity TheftProtection discounts
- Auto, Home, and LifeInsurance options
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Stock PurchaseProgram (ESPP)
In collaboration withthe patient, the patients family, and other members of the health care team,the Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse is responsible forassessing, evaluating, planning, implementing, and coordinating a treatmentplan and achieving the goals of the nursing department. You serve as a keyposition of the interdependent team, and hold responsibility for achievingpositive patient and department outcomes.
What you will do in thisrole: - You will monitor cardiac and other critical vital signs and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations.
- You will respond to Code Blue within the facility and initiate protocol, special procedures and cardiac monitoring.
- You will manage efficient flow of patients including screening, preparation for exam, providing general nursing care, and arranging or testing and admissions.
- You will instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions.
- You will maintain and review patients records including posting tests and examination results.
- You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders.
- You will check rooms daily for necessary supplies.
- You will respond to and refer incoming telephone calls (may include phone triage when needed).
Qualifications
Requirements - Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher 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 preferred and required to be obtained within 6 months of hire/transfer date
- NIH Stroke Scale Certification must be complete within 90 days of hire/transfer
- Prior acute care Registered Nurse experience preferred
For more than 40 years TridentMedical Center has proudly served patients and families in Berkeley,Charleston and Dorchester Counties in beautiful South Carolina. Trident Medical Center is a 320+ bedmajor medical center providing a comprehensive range of patient services andspecialties including a 24-hour emergency room with a Level II Trauma Center.
The hospitals specialty services include:
- An award-winning Heart Center
- The South Carolina Institute for RoboticSurgery
- The Trident Breast Care Center
- The Joseph M. Still Burn Clinic - the regionsonly outpatient burn clinic offering services to patients of all ages.
TridentMedical Center offers critical care services and 24/7 Hospitalistand Intensivist programs. Trident Medical Center is a five-star recipient forcardiovascular, neurosciences, critical care and patient safety outcomesaccording to a study released by Healthgrades ,the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians andhospitals. This achievement is part of new findings and data featured in theHealthgrades 2019 Report to the Nation.
HCA Healthcare,the parent company of Trident MedicalCenter, has been continually named a World's Most Ethical Company byEthisphere since 2010. In 2018, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.3billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, andother uncompensated expenses.
Be a part of an organization thatinvests in you. We are actively reviewing applications for our Medical SurgicalOncology RN opening. Submit your application and help us raise the bar inpatient care!
We are an equal opportunity employerand value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis ofrace, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age,marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Notice