Registered Nurse
Optimum Healthcare
Taylors, SC
- Eligibility
- RN
- Unit
- ICU
Posted Jun 17
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Practice
- athenahealth charting
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Below most SC staff postings
- Overtime
- $28/hr
SC staff postings that state pay run $29/hr to $53/hr, the middle half $31/hr to $41/hr, across 116 postings.
About this role
*Job Summary* We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our dynamic healthcare team. In this vital role, you will provide expert patient care ensuring the highest standards of safety, comfort, and treatment. Your expertise will support patients through assessments, medication administration, and complex care procedures, fostering positive health outcomes.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with diverse patient populations, including those requiring specialized care such as critical care, geriatrics, pediatrics, and long-term care. Your proactive approach and clinical skills will contribute significantly to our mission of delivering exceptional healthcare services.
*Responsibilities*
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- Conduct comprehensive patient assessments including vital signs, physical examinations, and medical history reviews to inform treatment plans.
- Administer medications via various routes including injections, IV infusions, and catheterizations while adhering to aseptic techniques and safety protocols.
- Manage complex clinical procedures such as wound suturing, tube feeding, ventilator management, and dialysis treatments.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans aligned with patient needs and medical documentation standards.
- medication administration records (MAR), and lab result documentation.
- Educate patients and families on health coaching topics including medication use, discharge planning, and chronic disease management such as diabetes or heart conditions.
*Skills*
- Proven experience working in diverse clinical settings including hospital medicine, emergency room (ER), intensive care units (ICU), or post-acute care environments.
- Skilled in performing invasive procedures such as phlebotomy, venipuncture, catheterization (urinary or vascular), and sterile processing techniques.
- Familiarity with EMR/EHR systems like Athenahealth or eClinicalWorks; capable of detailed medical documentation and specimen processing.
- Ability to work effectively with individuals with disabilities or developmental challenges; experience in geriatrics or memory/dementia care is a plus.
- Knowledge of infection control practices including aseptic technique; competent in handling trauma medicine cases at Level I/II trauma centers or trauma medicine units.
Pay: $28.00 - $30.00 per hour
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- RN
- Athenahealth
- Working with individuals requiring tube feeding
- Vascular access
- Surgical techniques
- Medical equipment sterilization
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- Vital signs
- Injectable medication administration
- Hospital medicine
Place
- City
- Taylors, SC
- State price level
- 6% below the national average
South Carolina index 93.7, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
How this role fits you
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?