Lead Registered Nurse (RN) - Trauma
Trident Medical Center
Charleston, SC
Days

Shift: Days (Rotating Weekends)

Description

Do you have the career opportunities as an RN Trauma Nurse Lead you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Trident Medical Center which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Trident Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Trident Medical Center!

We are seeking an experienced Trauma Registered Nurse to join our cutting-edge team in the role of RN Trauma Nurse Lead, to report to the Trauma Program Director and provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and guidelines set forth by the facility and the Trauma Service. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do.  

What you will do in this role: 

• You will assess, plan, implement ,evaluate and coordinate treatment plans for incoming trauma patients. 

• You will demonstrate strong trauma clinical assessment skills, nursing intervention and strong communication/leadership skills. 

• You will be responsible for trauma bay readiness and coordinating/triaging all incoming trauma patient activations. 

• You will review and evaluate all activations for triage-level appropriateness and assist with admission consultations as directed by the primary trauma surgeon. 

• You will respond to in-house trauma patients’ critical needs and facilitate psychosocial support. 

• You will mentor ED and in patient nurses caring for trauma patients and assist in training and in-servicing needs. 

• Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active Compact/Multi-State RN license. 

• Certifications needed within 30 days of hire: BLS, ACLS and PALS. 

• TNCC Certification is required within 6 months of start date. 

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is required, BSN or MSN Preferred. 

• One or more years in direct trauma resuscitation nursing care delivery. 

Trident Health is a 445-bed HCA Healthcare hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals, Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center and three freestanding emergency departments, Brighton Park Emergency, Moncks Corner Medical Center and Centre Pointe Emergency.

We provide care to nearly 375,000 South Carolina Low country residents each year. Every day Trident Health's more than 2,600 employees, more than 500 physicians and more than 130 volunteers are dedicated to fulfilling our mission.