Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
Published
September 5, 2024
Location
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Job Type
PRN  

Description

PRN-RN Tier 2 - Nursery Intensive (NICU)

  • Location Spartanburg, SC
  • Facility Spartanburg Medical Center
  • Department Nursery Intensive
  • Schedule - Shift - Hours Per Diem - Varied Shifts
  • Job Category Nursing
  • Salary Job Grade B
  • Req #: 61159

Summary

Position Summary

 

Under general supervision, the RN demonstrates and utilizes knowledge and skills to provide direct age-specific and culturally appropriate patient care through the use of the nursing process based on knowledge of principles of growth and development, serves as a clinical resource, participates in patient and staff education, demonstrates leadership, and serves as a preceptor. Employees are encouraged to support Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System’s involvement in the community we serve.

 

Schedule

 

A PRN Tier 2 Nurse will work on an as-needed basis.

 

Unit Description

 

Spartanburg Medical Center offers a 35-bed Level 3 NICU. We care for the sickest babies in the community we serve. Our team provides a full range of highly specialized medical services in one place, including newborns who:

 

  • Require conventional or high-frequency assisted ventilation
  • Undergo surgery
  • Require nitric oxide therapy to help combat lung problems
  • Require cooling for neonatal brain injuries
  • Have hereditary metabolic disorders
  • Need highly specialized care for complex medical problems
  • Were born prematurely
  • Have feeding and temperature instabilities

 

We also have a neonatal ground transport team to ensure the sickest babies are in the right place to receive the best care possible. We also have the most advanced neonatal transporter that includes the capability to start head cooling for hypoxic brain injuries in the field, which can reduce long-term damage.

 

Minimum Requirements

 

Education

  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; Baccalaureate Degree preferred

Experience

  • Minimum of 1 year of experience required to work PRN

 

License/Registration/Certifications        

  • Current R.N. licensure in the state of South Carolina or Compact State
  •  BLS Required
  • ACLS and PALS/NRP as determined by Unit patient demographics

 

Preferred Requirements

 

Preferred Education

  • BSN

 

Core Job Responsibilities

 

  • Initiates and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance outcome
  •  Seeks necessary assistance in completing nursing interventions to assure positive patient outcomes
  • 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
  • Educates peers with a minimum of one in-service per year
  • 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
  • Collaborates with patients, families, and other members of the health care team to determine patient priorities and treatments

Additional Information

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) offers a full spectrum of services through six hospital campuses: Spartanburg Medical Center, Spartanburg Medical Center — Mary Black Campus, Pelham Medical Center, Cherokee Medical Center, Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care and Union Medical Center. SRHS also includes Ellen Sagar Nursing Center and Woodruff Manor. SRHS provides unparalleled cancer care through Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, with locations in Spartanburg, Greer, Union and Gaffney. The multidisciplinary Medical Group of the Carolinas has more than 600 physicians across Upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. SRHS employs more than 9,000 associates and offers outpatient surgery centers and a Level I Trauma Center.

Founded on Aug. 29, 1921, as Spartanburg General Hospital, Spartanburg Regional celebrates over 100 years of excellence.

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