Registered Nurse I (New Graduate) - 6W Specialty Medicine and Acute Care

Join Main 6 West, a 15-bed Specialty Medicine & Acute Care unit at Medical University Hospital Authority, as a Registered Nurse I (New Graduate). This position offers new graduates an excellent opportunity to build a strong clinical foundation while providing individualized, goal-directed nursing care to adult patients with complex medical conditions.

Clinical Setting

Main 6 West specializes in caring for patients with complex liver disease and a wide range of acute medical conditions. You will work with patients experiencing acute kidney injury, liver failure, cirrhosis, and those preparing for or recovering from liver transplant, along with many other specialty medical conditions. The diversity and acuity of the patient population ensures continuous learning and ongoing opportunities to expand clinical expertise.

Responsibilities

Under general supervision, you will:

• Provide individualized, goal-directed nursing care to patients and families utilizing principles and practices of the nursing process
• Interact with other members of the healthcare team to achieve desired patient outcomes
• Develop and refine time management, prioritization, and critical thinking skills

Schedule

• 36 hours per week
• 3 twelve-hour shifts
• Shifts vary based on departmental needs
• Ability to work rotating shifts and overtime as required

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse license from the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers or equivalent, or American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider

Education

• Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred
• If hired with an Associate or Diploma degree in nursing on or after July 1, 2013, you are required to be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two years and successfully obtain a BSN degree within four years of hire or reclassification date

Physical and Mental Requirements

This position requires the ability to:

• Perform job functions while standing, sitting, and walking continuously
• Climb stairs infrequently
• Work indoors continuously and outside in temperature extremes infrequently
• Work from elevated areas and in confined/cramped spaces frequently
• Perform job functions from kneeling positions infrequently
• Bend at the waist continuously and twist at the waist frequently
• Squat and perform job functions frequently
• Perform pinching operations frequently
• Perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands continuously
• Perform firm grasping and fine manipulation with fingers and hands continuously
• Reach overhead frequently and in all directions continuously
• Perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders continuously
• Fully use both legs continuously and use lower extremities for balance and coordination frequently
• Lift and carry 50 lbs unassisted infrequently
• Lift/lower objects 50 lbs from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted infrequently
• Lift from 36 inches to overhead 25 lbs infrequently
• Exert up to 50 lbs of force frequently (for example, to transfer a 100 lb patient that cannot assist requires 50 lbs of force; for every 100 additional pounds, assistance from another healthcare worker will be required)
• Maintain 20/40 vision corrected in one eye or with both eyes continuously
• See and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance continuously
• Match or discriminate between colors continuously
• Determine distance/relationship between objects and depth perception continuously
• Maintain good peripheral vision capabilities continuously
• Maintain hearing acuity with correction continuously
• Perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements continuously
• Deal effectively with stressful situations continuously
• Work in a latex safe environment continuously
• Maintain tactile sensory functions continuously

Employment Type

• Regular employee
• Hourly pay
• Pay Grade: Health-27