RN Clinical Nurse II - Family Medicine Unit

UNC Health•Hillsborough, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards in a hospital setting. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the nurse coordinates and delivers patient care using the nursing process. The role is based on the 20-bed 2nd Floor Family Medicine Unit, which cares primarily for family medicine patients as well as observation patients, patients recovering from PACU, and other medical-surgical patients. The nurse helps facilitate patient admissions, treatments, transfers, and discharges. The position is at UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus, a community hospital that is an extension of UNC Medical Center and focuses on elective surgical programs. The facility combines a community-hospital culture with UNC Medical Center procedures and care. The Hillsborough Hospital has Joint Commission disease-specific accreditation for its Total Hip and Knee Replacement service and was designated Dementia Friendly in 2019. The campus has received the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience and ranks in the top five percent nationally for patient experience. The schedule is 36 hours per week on rotating shifts, with self-scheduling to meet unit and staff needs. Night shift is preferred, with a stated schedule of 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. The position is onsite in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Requirements

Graduate of a Board of Nursing-approved nursing education program.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
One year of nursing experience.
If hired after January 6, 2014, must enroll in a bachelor's or master's nursing degree program within four years of employment and obtain the degree within seven years of the employment date.
Ability to provide competent nursing care, including assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, patient education, and care coordination.

Nice To Haves

Night shift preference; the stated night schedule is 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver patient care using the nursing process.
Assist with facilitating patient admissions, treatments, transfers, and discharges.
Identify personal learning needs and attend education programs; use relevant patient education materials with assistance and assess patient and caregiver readiness and ability to learn.
Identify expected patient outcomes, seek guidance when revising plans of care, participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of care, and communicate relevant information to support continuity of care.
Provide competent care for patients with complex problems, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs; perform bedside point-of-care testing as required.
Use organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures; organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs.
Consult appropriate resources in a timely manner regarding complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
Develop professional-growth goals with assistance, meet or renegotiate goals within identified time frames, and participate in unit goals and performance-improvement activities.
Support intra- and interdepartmental collaboration, use communication systems effectively, promote cost-effective care, and give feedback to coworkers.
Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment and remain aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting health care.
Assess complex situations to determine care priorities; synthesize assessment data before communicating it, anticipate discharge needs, and build relationships with families that support advocacy.
Collaborate with patients and families to prepare or update plans of care; use multidisciplinary resources and address cultural and ethnic issues in care planning.
Read relevant journals and bring applicable ideas and questions to staff for consideration.
Contribute to care for a varied inpatient population, including family medicine, observation, extended PACU recovery, and other medical-surgical patients.