Founded in 1906, McLeod Health is a locally owned and managed, not for profit organization supported by the strength of more than 900 members on its medical staff and more than 2,900 licensed nurses. McLeod Health is also composed of approximately 15,000 team members and more than 90 physician practices throughout its 18-county service area. With seven hospitals, McLeod Health operates three Health and Fitness Centers, a Sports Medicine and Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, Hospice and Home Health Services. The system currently has 988 licensed beds, including Hospice and Behavioral Health. The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.  

Job responsibilities:

· Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.

· Shall demonstrate leadership and commitment with respect to the quality management system by:

(a) promoting the use of the process approach and risk-based thinking

(b) engaging, directing and supporting persons to contribute to the effectiveness of the quality management

system requirements

(c) promoting improvement

· Plans individualized nursing care to meet the holistic age specific needs of patients.

· Demonstrates continued professional growth.

· Contributes to the department growth and performance through hospital-system initiatives cultivating nursing involved

Evidence Based Practices.

· Fosters an environment that demonstrates caring, compassion, and respect for patients, families and visitors.

· Supports and validates Hourly Rounds.

· Competently manages employee related complaints, issues and concerns to optimize the work environment.

· Supervises and ensures use of appropriate health and safety equipment to protect both patient and staff.

· Ensures compliance with established unit standards, policies and specific standards of care, coordinating patient care

activities for assigned shift.

· Performs Patient Care Management duties in maintaining an organized workflow and open communication including: development and evaluation, Performance Improvement and staffing patterns during assigned shift.

· Participates in managing fiscal responsibility of the unit.

· Fosters interdepartmental and collaborative relationships.

Qualifications/Training:

· Minimum 1 year of nursing experience

Licenses/Certifications/Registrations/Education:

· BSN required

· An active Registered Nursing License verified by the LLR

· BLS (Required for ALL nurses), Advanced Resuscitative Certification appropriate to their patient population if

serving in a Charge Nurse or PCS position