Registered Nurse II - Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; CICU

Overview

Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse II provides individualized, goal‑directed patient care to families and patients at the competent level utilizing the principles and practices of the nursing process; delivers safe and effective care and interacts with other members of the health care team to achieve desired results.

Entity & Organization:
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA). Worker Type:
Employee, Sub‑Type:
Regular. Pay Grade:
Health‑28, Pay Rate Type:
Hourly, Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

36,

Work Shift:

Rotating. 5 West Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is a 23‑bed mixed‑acuity heart and vascular unit. Eight of the patient rooms are dedicated to service‑ICU level patients, including management of Swan‑Ganz catheter, intra‑aortic balloon pump, Impella, ventilated patients, and continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CRRT). The remaining 15 beds serve acute and intermediate level patients. The unit serves as the stepdown unit for Ashley River Tower and is the home unit for surgical oncology and plastic surgery.

Nurse–patient ratios range from 1:2 to 1:4 based on patient acuity.

• Provide individualized, goal‑directed patient care to families and patients.
• Manage a‑lines, lumbar drains, and titrate cardiac drips.
• Perform invasive cardiovascular monitoring, including Swan‑Ganz catheters, intra‑aortic balloon pumps, and Impella support.
• Provide care to ventilated patients and manage continuous venovenous hemofiltration.
• Collaborate with the inter‑professional health care team to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Participate in patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.

• Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred; RN staff hired on or after July 1 2013 with an associate or diploma degree in nursing must enroll in an accredited BSN program within two years and obtain a BSN within four years of RN hire or reclassification date.
• Minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse.
• Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.

• 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 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 (continuous).
• Ability to reach in all directions (continuous).
• Ability to lift and carry 50 lb unassisted (continuous).
• Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lb from/to floor from/to 36 in unassisted (infrequent).
• Ability to lift from 36” to overhead 25 lb (infrequent).
• Ability to exert up to 50 lb of force (frequent).
• 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 deal effectively with stressful…