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Job Summary

Prisma Health Richland Hospital Stepdown Unit

A regional academic medical center and hospital with more than 125 years of service to Columbia, Prisma Health Richland Hospital provides a wide range of primary and specialty healthcare services.\u00A0Our Trauma Center is the only Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the Midlands.

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Richland Hospital is a Magnet-designated hospital. This credential is the highest status for nursing excellence that recognizes organizations for nursing excellence, transformational leadership, high-quality care and nursing satisfaction and empowers professional practice. Fewer than 10% of hospitals in the U.S. are Magnet-designated.

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The Stepdown Unit is a 21-bed unit with a 3:1 patient to nurse ratio that manages the patient populations of trauma, pulmonary, neurology, and internal medicine services. These patients include but not limited to motor vehicle crashes, falls, penetrating injuries, acute respiratory failure, sepsis, strokes, and more.

Accountabilities

• Oversees a variety of patient care activities in a charge nurse capacity to ensure the delivery of safe and quality patient care on the unit/service. \u00A0Activities include, but are not limited to: staff allocation and scheduling; patient assignments; rounds; investigation/resolution of patient care issues; coordination of admissions, discharges, and transfers; ensuring appropriate transitions of care between shifts; and interdepartmental coordination.

• Provides direct patient care consistent with the charge nurse/clinical registered nurse job description accountabilities. Maintains all clinical competencies outlined.

• Performs a variety of patient experience activities to ensure that patient experience expectations are met or exceeded. Activities include, but are not limited to: role modeling; staff mentoring/ coaching; patient rounds; service recovery; and problem resolution.

• Assists with continuing staff development to include clinical problem solving and decision making skills. Collaborates with clinical nurse educators to support new staff orientation and training. Maintains records/documentation pertaining to staff competencies, certification and/or licensure. Serves as a professional role model, coach and resource for employees.

• Performs a variety of administrative and quality management activities to ensure that quality expectations and regulatory requirements are met. Ensures unit compliance with departmental, Prisma Health, safety, regulatory, environmental, and infection control standards. Maintains records/ documentation pertaining to regulatory/environmental standards, quality audits or other unit-related record-keeping requirements. Assists Nurse Manager in preparation of Joint Commission visits, etc.

• In collaboration with the Nurse Manager, performs a variety of human resources activities including, but not limited to: interviewing, hiring, evaluating, coaching, counseling, staff rounding and performance management of unit staff.\u00A0 May assist with Payroll processing.

• Assists the Nurse Manager in maintaining unit budget by appropriate allocation and utilization of unit resources. Shares accountability with Nurse Manager for unit/department/organizational goal achievement.

• Assists in planning, directing, and evaluating various short-term and long-term projects for the unit. Develops, submits, implements and evaluates performance objectives for self and unit. Works with health care team members on activities designed to improve patient care outcomes. Participates in Nursing and/or hospital committees and work groups as needed.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

Job has direct and/or indirect supervision of team members that may include final budget authority, hire/termination authority, performance appraisal responsibility and disciplinary authority.\u00A0 Job will be considered a member of management staff at Prisma Health Company or affiliate and will have direct reports.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

2 years of RN experience in appropriate area of nursing

Required Certifications/Registrations/Licenses

Current R.N. Licensure as recognized by South Carolina (Lawson Code NLRN)

Other Required Skills and Experience

Previous management or supervisory experience preferred.

Certified in nursing specialty preferred.

In Lieu of

In lieu of the BSN requirement above, a nursing diploma or an Associate's Degree in Nursing may be considered if the applicant signs a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to enroll in an accredited BSN or MSN program within one year and obtain a BSN or MSN degree within four years.

Work Shift

Location

Facility

Department

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Prisma Health Richland Hospital Stepdown Unit

A regional academic medical center and hospital with more than 125 years of service to Columbia, Prisma Health Richland Hospital provides a wide range of primary and specialty healthcare services.\u00A0Our Trauma Center is the only Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the Midlands.

\u00A0

Richland Hospital is a Magnet-designated hospital. This credential is the highest status for nursing excellence that recognizes organizations for nursing excellence, transformational leadership, high-quality care and nursing satisfaction and empowers professional practice. Fewer than 10% of hospitals in the U.S. are Magnet-designated.

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The Stepdown Unit is a 21-bed unit with a 3:1 patient to nurse ratio that manages the patient populations of trauma, pulmonary, neurology, and internal medicine services. These patients include but not limited to motor vehicle crashes, falls, penetrating injuries, acute respiratory failure, sepsis, strokes, and more.

Accountabilities

• Oversees a variety of patient care activities in a charge nurse capacity to ensure the delivery of safe and quality patient care on the unit/service. \u00A0Activities include, but are not limited to: staff allocation and scheduling; patient assignments; rounds; investigation/resolution of patient care issues; coordination of admissions, discharges, and transfers; ensuring appropriate transitions of care between shifts; and interdepartmental coordination.

• Provides direct patient care consistent with the charge nurse/clinical registered nurse job description accountabilities. Maintains all clinical competencies outlined.

• Performs a variety of patient experience activities to ensure that patient experience expectations are met or exceeded. Activities include, but are not limited to: role modeling; staff mentoring/ coaching; patient rounds; service recovery; and problem resolution.

• Assists with continuing staff development to include clinical problem solving and decision making skills. Collaborates with clinical nurse educators to support new staff orientation and training. Maintains records/documentation pertaining to staff competencies, certification and/or licensure. Serves as a professional role model, coach and resource for employees.

• Performs a variety of administrative and quality management activities to ensure that quality expectations and regulatory requirements are met. Ensures unit compliance with departmental, Prisma Health, safety, regulatory, environmental, and infection control standards. Maintains records/ documentation pertaining to regulatory/environmental standards, quality audits or other unit-related record-keeping requirements. Assists Nurse Manager in preparation of Joint Commission visits, etc.

• In collaboration with the Nurse Manager, performs a variety of human resources activities including, but not limited to: interviewing, hiring, evaluating, coaching, counseling, staff rounding and performance management of unit staff.\u00A0 May assist with Payroll processing.

• Assists the Nurse Manager in maintaining unit budget by appropriate allocation and utilization of unit resources. Shares accountability with Nurse Manager for unit/department/organizational goal achievement.

• Assists in planning, directing, and evaluating various short-term and long-term projects for the unit. Develops, submits, implements and evaluates performance objectives for self and unit. Works with health care team members on activities designed to improve patient care outcomes. Participates in Nursing and/or hospital committees and work groups as needed.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

Job has direct and/or indirect supervision of team members that may include final budget authority, hire/termination authority, performance appraisal responsibility and disciplinary authority.\u00A0 Job will be considered a member of management staff at Prisma Health Company or affiliate and will have direct reports.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

2 years of RN experience in appropriate area of nursing

Required Certifications/Registrations/Licenses

Current R.N. Licensure as recognized by South Carolina (Lawson Code NLRN)

Other Required Skills and Experience

Previous management or supervisory experience preferred.

Certified in nursing specialty preferred.

In Lieu of

In lieu of the BSN requirement above, a nursing diploma or an Associate's Degree in Nursing may be considered if the applicant signs a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to enroll in an accredited BSN or MSN program within one year and obtain a BSN or MSN degree within four years.

Work Shift

Location

Facility

Department

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.