RN Clinical Nurse II - Postpartum

UNC Health • Chapel Hill, NC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse II provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards in a hospital setting. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse coordinates and delivers patient care using the nursing process. This position is on 5 Women's, a 28-bed mother/baby unit providing low- and high-risk postpartum care. The unit cares for patients receiving vaginal and cesarean section care, late preterm infant care, normal newborn care, breastfeeding support, and family teaching. The hospital is Baby Friendly designated and provides couplet care and family-centered services, including rooming-in, sibling visitation, and lactation consultant rounds.

The role is a 36-hour-per-week position with a rotating day/night schedule and weekend and holiday work. It is onsite in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The listed hiring salary range is $34.22 to $48.38 per hour; pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

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 within four years of employment and obtain a bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of the employment date.

Responsibilities

• Participates in identifying and meeting personal learning needs and attends education programs based on those needs.
• Uses relevant patient education materials with assistance and assesses the readiness, developmental level, and learning factors of patients, families, and caregivers.
• Identifies expected patient outcomes, seeks guidance when revising plans of care, participates in interdisciplinary evaluation of care, and communicates relevant information to support continuity of care.
• Provides competent care for patients with complex problems, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs appropriate to the patient population.
• Performs bedside point-of-care testing as required by the patient care plan.
• Uses organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in delivering care; organizes and prioritizes care according to patient and family needs.
• Consults appropriate resources promptly about complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
• Develops professional growth goals with assistance and meets them within the identified timeframe or renegotiates them with a supervisor.
• Collaborates across departments, participates in unit goals and performance-improvement activities, uses communication systems effectively, promotes cost-effective care, and provides feedback to coworkers.
• Maintains awareness of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting healthcare and promotes a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Uses data from complex situations to establish care priorities, synthesizes assessment information before communicating it, and anticipates discharge needs.
• Develops relationships with families that support their ability to advocate for the patient and address their own needs.
• Collaborates with patients and families to prepare or update plans of care, uses multidisciplinary resources, communicates planning, and addresses cultural and ethnic issues.
• Prioritizes tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Reads relevant journals and brings potentially applicable ideas and questions to staff for discussion.

Benefits

• UNC Health benefits are offered. Employees of another North Carolina agency who currently participate in TSERS or the ORP may be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree