RN - Medical/Surgical (MS)

Job Title: RN - Medical/Surgical (MS)
Job Location: Aiken, SC
Job Duration: 2-3 Months (possibility of extension)

Job Summary:

• Fulfills the needs of the patients, families and community by performing a variety of patient care functions and tasks in accordance with his/her licensure, certification, training, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Delivers care to patients in a competent, capable, caring and efficient manner.
• Applies knowledge of growth and development over the life span necessary to provide age appropriate care.
• Demonstrates the ability to obtain information and interpret information in terms of the patients needs.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients.
• Makes initial assessment, and determines appropriate nursing needs of assigned patients, as evidence by appropriate documentation.
• Performs initial and ongoing assessment on all assigned patients, including a review of systems, as evidence by appropriate documentation.
• Completes admission assessment in time frame established, according to policy and procedures.

Required Certifications & Licenses:

• NIHSS, BLS & ACLS – Required.
• CPI - Required (Must be Crisis Prevention Institute's NCI With Advanced Physical Skills Training course).
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state/district - Required.

Education:

• BSN - Highly desired.
• Graduate of an accredited or NLN-approved RN program – Required.

Experience:

• Inpatient Nursing experience required: 2 Years.
• Telemetry experience required.
• 6 months Travel Nurse experience required.
• Med Surg Telemetry experience required.
• Cerner EMR experience required.