Job Description Summary
Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinates care planning with other disciplines.Entity
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)Worker Type
EmployeeWorker Sub-Type
RegularCost Center
CC004748 ORBG - 4 West/PedsPay Rate Type
HourlyPay Grade
Health-29Scheduled Weekly Hours
36Work Shift
Nights (United States of America)Job Description
Essential Functions
1. Communicates with House Supervisor regarding bed assignment.
2. Collaborates with staff to develop individualized plan of care via Interdisciplinary Care Planning rounds.
3. Assesses Performance Improvement Plan activities and assists staff in meeting goals.
4. Collaborates with Director in completing performance evaluations.
5. Facilitates and assists in daily rounding using Studer principles.
6. Coaches staff in hourly rounding, AIDET, ACT, use of white boards, clinical care, etc.
7. Communicates with Director on a regular basis re: day-to-day operational issues.
8. Assists in the daily adjustments to staffing required to have appropriate nurse/patient ratios. Ensures compliance with matrix.
9. Provides first line customer service response. Defuse situations; communicate clearly and appropriately with providers, staff, patients, and visitors.
10. Assigns and/or completes duties listed on charge nurse report sheet, including crash cart checks, pyxis counts and discrepancy resolution, etc.
11. Ensures that quality metrics and core measures are completed in a timely manner to ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations.
12. Assists Department leaders in orientation of new employees; coaches preceptors.
13. Monitors daily infection prevention and control compliance.
14. Assumes on-call responsibilities as assigned by director.
15. Ensures discharge phone calls are completed in Discharge Call Manager as appropriate.
16. Reviews patient satisfaction data and collaborates with director regarding 90-day improvement plans.
17. All other duties as assigned
Additional Job Description
Bachelor's degree in nursing required. Valid Registered Nurse licensure in SC or multistate licensure required.
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MUSC Children’s Health is part of South Carolina's most comprehensive academic health care system, offering career options at our nationally ranked pediatric hospital, ambulatory surgical and specialty care center, children’s research institute and clinics and patient care sites. We provide the broadest range of advanced care devoted exclusively to the well-being of children.
Our nationally ranked pediatric hospital is located in downtown Charleston, while our primary, urgent, and specialty care clinics can be found throughout the Tri-County area. We proudly care for patients across South Carolina, the southeast region and beyond.
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital (SJCH) consists of 250 beds and opened in February 2020 as a replacement facility for the MUSC Children’s Hospital, formerly on Ashley Avenue. MUSC SJCH provides the most advanced pediatric care possible in more than 27 specialty areas, in person or through a robust telehealth network, and includes:
The MUSC Pediatric & Congenital Heart Center ranked #4 in the country for the second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2023-2024. The program functions through a nationally unique statewide collaboration of pediatric heart surgeons and cardiologists and is also annually recognized as providing exceptional care by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Public Reporting.
Housed within MUSC SJCH, the Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion (PTWP) seamlessly integrates children’s care and obstetrical services, thereby enhancing safety and improving outcomes in low and high-risk pregnancies. The Advanced Fetal Care Center ensures that families expecting babies with complex congenital birth defects or medical problems receive care from board-certified maternal-fetal medicine providers collaborating with a large multidisciplinary care team of pediatric specialists. The PTWP care is one of only a handful of women’s facilities in the country to offer couplet-care rooms, where newborns and mothers can recover together in an intensive-care setting.
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