RN Clinical Nurse II (Per Diem) - Main Operating Room

UNC Health • Chapel Hill, NC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

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. The role is based in UNC Chapel Hill Main Campus’s fast-paced Main Operating Room environment, which includes 26 operating rooms and multiple service lines. Specialty procedures include cochlear implants, organ transplants, bariatric procedures, open-heart surgeries, ECMO, endovascular surgeries, flap reconstructive surgeries, stereotactic and image-guided neuro surgeries, da Vinci robotic surgeries, and HIPEC. PreOp/PACU also prepares adult patients for surgery and provides post-procedure recovery for several procedural areas, including Cystoscopy, VIR, Radiation Oncology, EP/Cath lab, and MRI; patients in these areas may receive general anesthesia. The North Carolina Surgical Hospital features state-of-the-art operating rooms and patient-centered healing environments.

This is a per diem, onsite position in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a day schedule and 8 standard hours per week. The salary hiring range is $35.94–$54.96 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.
• At least one year of nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify and meet personal learning needs, attend relevant education programs, use patient education materials with assistance, and assess patients’ and caregivers’ 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; and follow organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
• Organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs, and consult appropriate resources promptly for complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or high-risk discharge planning.
• Develop professional growth goals with assistance and meet or renegotiate those goals within the identified time frame.
• Support intra- and interdepartmental collaboration; participate in unit goals and performance improvement; use communication systems effectively; promote cost-effective care; give feedback to coworkers; and remain aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting healthcare.
• Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Assess complex situations to determine care priorities, synthesize assessment data before communicating it, anticipate discharge needs, and build relationships that support patients’ and families’ ability to advocate for their needs.
• Collaborate with patients and families to prepare or update plans of care, use multidisciplinary resources, address cultural and ethnic considerations, and prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Read relevant journals and bring potentially applicable ideas and questions to staff for discussion.

Benefits

• UNC Health benefits; eligible employees who currently participate in TSERS or the ORP through another North Carolina agency may continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed