Registered Nurse; RN - Nursery Intensive; NICU

Registered Nurse (RN) - Nursery Intensive (NICU)

Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Employment Type: Full Time

Shift: 7p-7a (Nights)

Job : P-104353

Spartanburg Medical Center offers a 35‑bed Level 3 NICU. We care for the sickest babies in the community we serve. Our team provides a full range of highly specialized medical services in one place, including newborns who:

• Require conventional or high-frequency assisted ventilation
• Undergo surgery
• Require nitric oxide therapy to help combat lung problems
• Require cooling for neonatal brain injuries
• Have hereditary metabolic disorders
• Need highly specialized care for complex medical problems
• Were born prematurely
• Have feeding and temperature instabilities

We also have a neonatal ground transport team to ensure the sickest babies are in the right place to receive the best care possible. The team includes a state‑of‑the‑art neonatal transporter capable of starting head cooling for hypoxic brain injuries in the field, which can reduce long‑term damage.

The Acute Care Registered Nurse (RN) provides inpatient nursing care to patients in compliance with the SC Nurse Practice Act and organization protocols, policies, procedures, and guidelines. The RN demonstrates clinical competency utilizing evidence‑based practices and research in all areas of the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes. The RN demonstrates thorough knowledge of therapeutic patient care, patient advocacy, clinical pathways/care maps, team dynamics, hospital systems, and serves as a resource for support associates.

The RN will collaborate with leadership in developing and implementing the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System’s culture, mission, vision, and values. Associates are encouraged to engage and support the system’s involvement in the communities we serve.

• Graduate of an approved / accredited School of Nursing
• Current RN licensure in the state of South Carolina or Compact State
• BLS – may secure certification post‑hire

• One year of recent RN experience within the past 5 years

• Basic computer skills
• Demonstrates competency utilizing electronic health record
• Documents all aspects of patient care by following established charting procedure to show the patient’s progress or any change in the patient’s condition
• Adheres to system required standards of behavior
• Adheres to proper chain of command
• Meets continuing education requirements, demonstrates knowledge of and ensures compliance with clinical expectations of regulatory agency requirements (DNV, DHEC, CMS)
• Effectively communicates with patients, families, providers, and hospital associates
• Knowledgeable in use of and response to Facility Alert, Medical Alert, Medical Emergency Systems
• Develops, implements, evaluates, and revises plan of care based on physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and educational needs of the patient/family
• Provides a safe patient care environment
• Collaborates with patient, families, and other members of the health care team to determine patient priorities, treatments
• Coordinates, provides, and directs patient teaching activities
• Initiates and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance outcomes
• Seeks necessary assistance in completing nursing interventions to assure positive patient outcomes
• Responsible for demonstrating competencies for new equipment, procedures, and annual competency validation
• Provides clinical guidance to students and ancillary staff
• Successfully completes hospital and unit‑based orientation programs and annual competencies
• Formulates a plan for personal professional growth
• Recommends the need to develop or revise policies and procedures
• Serves on unit‑based committees and as assigned
• Prioritizes nursing interventions for an assigned group of patients
• Critically assesses assigned patients’ medical history, admitting diagnosis and physician's orders, obtains nursing history, performs physical assessment, evaluates diagnostic data, and interviews patient and family to determine patient needs
• Ability to properly assess and prioritize multiple patients according to the…