RN Clinical Nurse-II - 2nd floor Cardiac/Medicine

UNC Health•Hillsborough, NC

13d•Onsite

About The Position

UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus is seeking a Registered Nurse for the 2nd Floor Diagnostic Tower, a 10-bed unit caring for acute medical-surgical patients with a primary focus on cardiology and hospitalist patients. The tower operates 24/7. The Clinical Nurse provides competent nursing care consistent with professional standards and is accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director. The role coordinates and delivers patient care using the nursing process in a hospital setting. UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus is a community hospital and an extension of UNC Medical Center. The 163-bed facility combines a community hospital culture with innovative procedures and care. It has Joint Commission disease-specific accreditation for its Total Hip and Knee Replacement service and was designated Dementia Friendly in 2019. The position is onsite at the Hillsborough Campus in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The schedule is 36 hours per week in 12-hour shifts, either rotating day/night shifts or nights from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. The salary hiring range is $34.22–$48.38 per hour; offers are determined by experience and internal equity. This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits.

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.
At least one year of nursing experience.
If hired after January 6, 2014, must enroll in a Bachelor’s degree program with a major in Nursing within four years of employment and obtain a Bachelor’s degree or a Master’s degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of the employment date.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of medical floor (Med-Surg) and/or cardiac experience.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification is preferred.
Team-player approach.

Responsibilities

Identify personal learning needs, attend relevant education programs, and use appropriate patient education materials with assistance.
Assess patients’ and families’ readiness and ability to learn, including developmental level and factors affecting learning.
Identify expected patient outcomes, seek guidance when revising plans of care, and participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of care.
Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care.
Provide competent care for patients with complex problems, addressing physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs appropriate to the patient population.
Perform bedside point-of-care testing as required by the patient care plan.
Apply organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in care delivery; organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs.
Consult appropriate resources promptly regarding complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
Develop professional growth goals with assistance, achieve them within identified time frames, or renegotiate them with a supervisor.
Participate in intra- and interdepartmental collaboration, unit goals, performance-improvement activities, and cost-effective care.
Use communication systems effectively and provide feedback to co-workers.
Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment and remain aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting healthcare.
Recognize data from complex situations, determine care priorities, and synthesize assessment data before communicating it to others.
Assess and anticipate discharge needs and develop relationships with families that support their ability to advocate for patients and themselves.
Collaborate with patients and families to prepare or update plans of care and use multidisciplinary resources in planning.
Address cultural and ethnic issues in care planning and prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
Read relevant journals and bring potentially applicable ideas and questions to staff for consideration.