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Registered Nurse I (New Graduate)

Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse I (New Graduate) assists at the advanced beginner level in providing individualized, goal directed nursing care to patients and families utilizing principles and practices of the nursing process; interacts with other members of the health care team to achieve desired outcomes.
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Requirements
  • Profession: Nurse
  • Specialty: Surgical
  • Education: Bachelor level
  • Language: English - IELTS: 6.5 - 7.0
  • Experience: No experience
Offered:
  • Starting: ASAP
  • Full-time - Permanent
  • Salary: In line with job function

We are looking for

Physical Requirements: 

  • Ability to perform job functions while standing. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to perform job functions while sitting. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to perform job functions while walking. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent) 
  • Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to work outside in temperature extremes. (Infrequent) 
  • Ability to work from elevated areas. (Frequent) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Frequent) 
  • Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) 
  • Ability to bend at the waist. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to twist at the waist. (Frequent) 
  • Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Frequent) 
  • Ability to perform "pinching" operations. (Frequent) 
  • Ability to perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to perform firm grasping with fingers and hands. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to perform fine manipulation with fingers and hands. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to reach overhead. (Frequent) 
  • Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to use lower extremities for balance and coordination. (Frequent) 
  • Ability to reach in all directions. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. unassisted. (Infrequent) 
  • Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lbs. from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs. (Infrequent) 
  • Ability to exert up to 50 lbs. of force. (Frequent) Examples include: To transfer a 100 lb. patient that can not assist in the transfer requires 50 lbs. of force. For every 100 additional pounds, assistance will be required from another healthcare worker. 20 lbs. of force is needed to push a 400 lb. patient in a wheelchair on carpet. 25 lbs. of force is required to push a stretcher with a patient with one hand. 
  • Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to work rotating shifts. (Frequent) Ability to work overtime as required. (Frequent) 
  • Ability to work in a latex safe environment. (Continuous) 
  • Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) (Selected Positions) 
  • Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. (Continuous) *(Selected Positions) 
  • Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. (Continuous) (Selected Positions)

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Minimum Training and Education: 
  • Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred unless current MUSC employee. R
  • N staff hired on or after July 1, 2013 with an Associate or Diploma degree in nursing are required to be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two years and successfully obtain a BSN degree within four years of the RN hire or reclassification date.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations: 
  • Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state. 
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required, either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.
A bit more about the client
Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston

Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is home to the oldest medical school in the South as well as the state's only integrated academic health sciences center, with a unique charge to serve the state through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and nearly 800 residents in six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. MUSC brought in more than $328 million in biomedical research funds in fiscal year 2021, continuing to lead the state in obtaining this funding.

As the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality and safe patient care while training generations of compassionate, competent health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Close to 25,000 care team members provide care for patients at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and 5 additional hospital locations in development, more than 300 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations situated in the Lowcountry, Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate regions of South Carolina. In 2021, for the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina.

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