Registered Nurse I (New Graduate) - NICU

Join the 82-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital as a Registered Nurse I (New Graduate). This regional referral center provides comprehensive medical and surgical care to premature and critically ill neonates, including advanced support such as ECMO/CRRT and pediatric palliative care. Most patient rooms are private, with select semi-private and couplet care rooms that allow postpartum mothers to remain with their admitted NICU infants.

As a Registered Nurse I, you will provide individualized, goal-directed nursing care to patients and families at the advanced beginner level, utilizing principles and practices of the nursing process. You will work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to achieve desired patient outcomes.

Clinical Setting

The NICU is located on the 5th floor of MUSC Shawn Jenkins Hospital. The unit specializes in caring for neonates with conditions including prematurity, respiratory distress, congenital heart defects, and neonatal surgical conditions. The unit provides respiratory and nutritional support, ECMO/CRRT, surgical support, and pediatric palliative care as needed.

Schedule

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

Required Qualifications

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

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree preferred
• RN staff hired on or after July 1, 2013 with an Associate or Diploma degree in nursing must 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 the following functions:

• Stand, sit, and walk continuously
• Climb stairs infrequently
• Work indoors continuously and outdoors in temperature extremes infrequently
• Work from elevated areas frequently and in confined/cramped spaces frequently
• Kneel infrequently and bend at the waist continuously
• Twist at the waist frequently and squat frequently
• Perform pinching operations frequently
• Perform gross and fine motor activities with fingers and hands continuously
• Perform firm grasping with fingers and hands continuously
• Reach overhead frequently and in all directions continuously
• Perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders continuously
• Use both legs fully and continuously 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, transferring patients requiring assistance from another healthcare worker for patients over 100 lbs)
• Maintain 20/40 vision corrected in one or both eyes continuously
• See and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance continuously
• Match or discriminate between colors continuously
• Determine distance and depth perception continuously
• Maintain good peripheral vision continuously
• Maintain hearing acuity with correction 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 rate, Health-27 pay grade