RN New Graduate Nurse- Surgical Observation Unit

UNC Health • Chapel Hill, NC

126d • $32

About The Position

RN New Graduate Nurse needed for the New Surgical Observation Unit. This is a 36 hour/week position, day/night and weekend rotating, with flexible self scheduling. This position qualifies for an extensive benefit and retirement package. The new Surgery Observation unit, in the new state-of-the-art North Carolina Surgical hospital, is a 15-bed unit, which provides care to a varied adult surgical population to include patients on observation status, extended recovery from PACU, and at times, those awaiting an inpatient bed assignment. Staff members are challenged by the pace of the unit and the many general and specialty services they care for to include such as ENT, Plastics, Trauma, Oncology amongst many others! Teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration are hallmarks for this unit while providing expert “Carolina Care” to the patients and families we serve. Our ONE GREAT TEAM facilitates admissions, treatments, transfers, and discharges of patients 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. This opportunity is for a new grad nurse who is currently in their final semester of nursing school or who have graduated from nursing school within the past 12 months of the anticipated start date and have worked as an RN for less than 6 months. It is expected that applicants will have their RN license and be able to practice in North Carolina prior to the first day of employment. New Graduate Nurses are part of the UNC Medical Center Residency Program (NRP). This program is a yearlong program supporting transition from academia to practice for new graduate nurses. The program is layered on top of orientation to provide mentored clinical relationships which support development as a professional nurse.

Requirements

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina by the day of clinical care.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
• Identifies expected patient outcomes and seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
• Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems.
• Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
• Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
• Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
• Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.

Benefits

• Up to $15,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness.
• Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance.
• Extensive benefit and retirement package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree