RN, Orthopedics

Job Title: RN - Orthopedics - FT AM

About the Role

Lexington Health is seeking a Full-Time RN for the Orthopedics department, working an AM shift from 7 AM to 7:30 PM. A $20,000.00 sign-on bonus is available.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to promote and restore patient’s health status.
• Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
• Provides physical and psychological support to patients, family members, and significant others.
• Supervises assigned team members.
• Uses a systematic critical-thinking approach to guide data gathering, assessment, nursing judgment, intervention, and evaluation of human responses to actual and potential health problems.
• Performs activities such as health teaching and the provision of care, supportive and restorative care, and support of a peaceful death.
• Establishes positive rapport with patient and family.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals and providing education on condition, medications, and self-care skills.
• Serves as patient/family advocate.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Identifies, synthesizes, and interprets sources of data using reasonable clinical judgment to respond to dynamic situations.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Uses ethical decision-making processes and advocates for acceptable patient outcomes.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes, and making or recommending adjustments.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Participates in process/performance improvement activities and initiatives.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents all patient care activities accurately and timely.
• Provides safe, appropriate, quality of care and support to patients and family members.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance, following instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, and maintaining inventories.
• Appropriately utilizes all nursing supplies and equipment.
• Demonstrates effective teamwork skills and maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams.
• Promptly responds to all communication devices to meet patient needs.
• Assists in performing and documenting environmental checks.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications, establishing networks, and participating in societies.
• Meets or exceeds all attendance and service expectations.
• Maintains required certifications.
• Completes yearly safety training and other mandatory classes.
• Complies with all annual employee health requirements.
• Ensures Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed correctly. Receives initial RCRA training within 6 months of hire and continuing with annual training.
• Earns a minimum of 15 hours of continuing education annually within specialty.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• ADN, Diploma or Bachelors of Science in Nursing

Qualifications

• Current RN license to practice in the State of South Carolina.
• New graduate RNs who acquire their generic RN education through an on-line program will not meet LMC minimum qualifications.
• Critical Care, Medical/Surgical, Intermediate, and Emergency Department units will not consider newly graduated Nurses without post-graduation experience, except for those that have successfully completed LMC's Nurse Residency Program.
• No minimum years of experience required, except as noted for specific units.
• No specific education/certification requirements listed beyond RN license, except as per Mandatory Certification Requirements P&P.
• No required training listed beyond general job functions.
• No specific technology or software skills explicitly stated.