Licensed Practical Nurse - Urology at ACC Chapel Hill

UNC Health; United States; On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$5,000 Incentive over 3 years

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC, is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide direct patient care within the UNCH Urology ACC unit. You will work 32 hours per week, Monday–Friday, with a day schedule and onsite responsibilities.

Responsibilities include developing individualized care plans, monitoring patient responses, and collaborating with physicians, APPs, nurses, and support staff to ensure quality patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a state-accredited practical nurse program.
• Current North Carolina LPN license with BLS certification.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to development and maintenance of an individualized plan of care.
• Observes and documents patient response to treatments and adjusts care as needed.
• Participates in unit/department enrichment activities and CQI efforts.
• Provides a broad range of treatments including respiratory therapies, suctioning, medications, and monitoring.
• Assists patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Offers support to patients and families and helps de-escalate tense situations.

Skills

LPN License

BLS Certification

Patient Care

Education

State-Accredited LPN Program

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Join our team delivering expert care for patients with kidney, bladder, prostate, and urologic conditions. Work alongside urologists, APPs, nurses, and support staff in a collaborative, patient-centered environment. Opportunities for professional growth, training, and making a meaningful impact every day.

Schedule and Location

• Address: 102 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
• 4 shifts per week, Monday-Friday: 8a-4:30p
• No weekends
• No call
• No holidays

Incentive

$5,000 (equal payments made to the teammate every six (6) months during a three (3) year work commitment).

Summary

Provides direct patient care, meeting both psychological and physical needs in accordance with the plan of care, physician's orders, and nursing and department policies and procedures. Patients range in age from neonate to geriatric. Care may be provided in an inpatient setting, ambulatory care, home health, or hospice.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development and maintenance of a current, individualized, goal-oriented plan of care and consults with other health professionals to assure that the assessed needs of patient/caregiver are met.
• Observes, assesses, documents, and reports patient response to treatments/therapies and teaching, and adjusts priorities of care according to patient/caregiver needs. Collects, documents, and reports (to responsible MD or RN) data regarding patient's biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge planning needs.
• Participates in unit, service, and/or department enrichment activities which contribute to positive outcomes such as assigned committees, CQI activities/groups, and the orientation and education of other personnel.
• Provides a broad range of treatments/therapies to patients including, but not limited to, respiratory treatments, Oral/NG/NT suctioning, and tracheostomy care, administration of medications, observation of cardiac monitors, respirators, etc. and reporting of any changes, assistance to physician with special procedures, monitoring of intravenous infusions, performs point of care testing, performs routine laboratory work, changing/irrigating catheters, specialized sterile dressings, and patient/caregiver teaching based upon the established teaching plan.
• Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge.
• Provides support to patients and families. Verbally de-escalates frightened or potentially aggressive patients. Facilitates age appropriate coping strategies for patients.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

• Requires graduation from a state accredited program of practical nurse education.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Licensed to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in the state of North Carolina. Requires BLS.

Professional Experience Requirements

• No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

• Legal Employer: STATE
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Organization Unit: UNCH Urology ACC
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 32.00
• Salary Range: $21.62 - $31.07 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Day Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
• This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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