RN Clinical Nurse II - Pain Management Center

UNC Health • Chapel Hill, 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 includes educating patients and families, assessing complex needs, planning and evaluating care with patients and interdisciplinary colleagues, implementing care and point-of-care testing, contributing to unit goals and performance improvement, and applying relevant research to practice.

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.

Responsibilities

• Identify and meet personal learning needs, attend relevant education programs, and use patient education materials with assistance.
• Assess patient and family readiness to learn, developmental level, and factors affecting the ability to learn.
• Identify expected patient outcomes, seek guidance when revising plans of care, and participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of patient care.
• Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Provide care for patients with complex problems, including attention to physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
• Perform bedside point-of-care testing as required by the patient care plan.
• Use organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in care delivery; organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs.
• Consult appropriate resources promptly for complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
• Develop professional-growth goals, achieve them within identified timeframes or renegotiate them with a supervisor, and participate in unit goals and performance-improvement activities.
• Support interdepartmental collaboration, use communication systems effectively, promote cost-effective care, and give feedback to coworkers.
• Remain aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting healthcare, and promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Recognize data from complex situations to prioritize care, synthesize assessment findings, and anticipate patient and family discharge needs.
• Build 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 prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Identify and address cultural and ethnic issues in care planning.
• Read relevant journals and bring potentially applicable ideas and questions to staff for discussion.

Benefits

• UNC Health benefits
• Eligibility to continue participating in TSERS or ORP for qualifying current employees of another North Carolina agency who already participate in those plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed