Registered Nurse Adult Behavioral Health with Sign On Bonus

Job Summary

Provide professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinate care planning with other disciplines.

Full Time. 36 hours per week (3 x 12‑hour night shifts).

• Shift time: 7 pm – 7 am
• Every other weekend obligation
• Sign‑on bonus: $20,000 for night shift

Documents initial nursing histories, assesses patients’ conditions per policy requirements, and develops individual care plans for patients taking into consideration their physical, psycho‑social, environmental, cultural, and spiritual needs. Assists physicians with examinations, procedures, and other processes related to direct patient care according to established policies and procedures. Evaluates outcomes of patient care, consults with other specialists as required, and revises nursing care processes as necessary to obtain optimal patient care.

Coordinates discharge planning, monitors and records patients’ condition, maintains confidentiality, and uses an interdisciplinary approach to formulate a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning. Coordinates patients’ ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services, communicates patients’ condition during hand‑offs, performs other miscellaneous and related duties as assigned by the director of nursing, charge nurse, and/or medical staff.

Performs charge duties as requested by the director after six months of nursing experience and appropriate training. Rounds on patients per policy to improve clinical outcome, orients or mentors new staff members, listens effectively to the patient to facilitate care requirements, provides first‑line customer service response, follows the MUSC Standards of Behaviors, and performs other duties as assigned.

• Stand up to twelve (12) hours, walk, sit, use hands, reach, stoop, kneel, talk, hear, and smell.
• Lift or exert energy up to 35 pounds (use patient handling equipment).
• Close vision (clear at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear at 20 feet or more), color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

• Read and interpret business or safety manuals, clinical or technical procedures or regulations.
• Write reports, correspondence, and/or manuals.
• Present information and respond to questions from groups, patients, families, other employees, and medical staff.
• Perform complex math functions and interpret numerical data.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Deal with concrete and abstract concepts and interpret verbal, non‑verbal, and written instructions.
• Multitask and prioritize assigned and assumed responsibilities to complete patient care as necessary.

Provides direct patient care to all age groups and meets the physical, psycho‑social, educational, safety, and related needs of patients, family members, and visitors from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Associate’s Degree required. Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state. Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required.

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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