Registered Nurse; CMC)

• Lex Health Batesburg-Leesville
• Full Time
• Day Shift
• Mon-Fri 8a-5p
• Sign-On Bonus: 10,000

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Position is responsible for providing nursing service to patients in a professional and courteous manner. Carries out Physician orders including but not limited to assisting with procedures, administering injections, performing phlebotomy, taking patient calls, cleaning and stocking exam rooms, calling in prescriptions, coordinating supply levels, pre-certifying patients medical services, and assisting the physician with all other patient care as requested. Urgent Care setting.

• Minimum Education:
  
  High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  None.
• Substitutable
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  None.
• Required Certifications/Licensure:
  Currently licensed by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing;
• ACLS certification: required within 1 year of hire date;
• Certification in CPR.
• Required Training:
  None.

• Will coordinate, monitor and role model the delivery of patient care as ordered by the physician/primary care provider for the following patient population.
• Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient populations:
  Infant (Birth to 1 year);
  Child (1 year through 12 years);
  Adolescent (13 years through 17 years);
  Adult (18 years to 65 years);
  Geriatric (Over 65 years)
• Is evidenced by use of nursing policy and procedures to implement physician/primary care provider orders.
• Plans and coordinates with the primary care provider teaching methods and content to achieve desired outcomes.
• Delivers nursing services working collaboratively with family/patient, physicians and other health care team members - delegates and/or refers to partners appropriately.
• Coordinates and assures completion of care as ordered by physicians/primary care providers.
• Demonstrates knowledge of disease process.
• Provides care to a group of patients including the administration of medications according to nursing policy and the documentation of these. EXAMPLE:
  Detects errors and takes appropriate action, seeks, information about new or unfamiliar drugs and procedures before administration.
• Performs treatments and procedures according to nursing policy/procedure.
• Ensures that physicians’ orders are transcribed and carried out.
• Demonstrates knowledge of events, activities and changes in policies and procedures affecting practice.
• Assists with evaluation of patient care according to established standards.
• Meets unit specific critical elements.
• Documentation of nursing services provided is compliant with standards/policies specific to documentation (i.e. medication administration).
• Will embody those behaviors, philosophies and values…