RN Clinical Nurse II - Wound Care Center

UNC Health•Smithfield, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse coordinates and delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting. This position is in the Wound Care unit at Johnston Health and is an onsite, full-time role in Smithfield, North Carolina, scheduled for 40 hours per week on the day shift.

Requirements

Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
One year of nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Participate in identifying and meeting personal learning needs and attend education programs based on those needs.
Use relevant patient education materials with assistance, assess patients’ and families’ readiness to learn, and consider developmental levels and factors affecting learning.
Identify expected patient outcomes, seek guidance when revising plans of care, and participate with the interdisciplinary team in evaluating care.
Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care.
Provide competent care for patients with complex problems, addressing appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
Perform bedside point-of-care testing as required by the patient care plan.
Use healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in care delivery; organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs.
Consult appropriate resources promptly about complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
Develop professional growth goals with assistance, meet them within identified time frames or renegotiate them with a supervisor, and participate in unit goals and performance improvement activities.
Support intra- and interdepartmental collaboration, use communication systems effectively, give feedback to coworkers, and promote cost-effective care.
Remain aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting healthcare and promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
Assess complex situations to determine care priorities, synthesize assessment data before communicating it, and anticipate discharge needs.
Develop relationships with families that support their ability to advocate for the patient and address their own needs.
Collaborate with patients and families to prepare or update plans of care, use multidisciplinary resources, and address cultural and ethnic considerations.
Prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems and use communication to convey care planning.
Read relevant journals and bring potentially applicable ideas and questions to staff for assessment.