Registered Nurse (RN) - Central Staffing Unit (Float Pool)

ECU Health; Greenville (NC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

ECU Health Medical Center in North Carolina seeks a licensed nurse to provide and coordinate patient care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing and hospital policies.

The role includes collecting assessment data, developing a care plan, implementing interventions, and documenting progress while addressing age-specific needs and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing or higher required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 0–2 years experience required.
• Current NC RN license or licensure in a Compact state required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and evaluates the health care team's function.
• Delegates tasks as appropriate under NC Nurse Practice Act.
• Ensures safe care through safety habits and daily safety huddle.
• Obtains and interprets initial and ongoing patient/family assessment data.
• Formulates and implements a care plan with measurable outcomes.
• Collaborates with patient/family and interdisciplinary team to develop an individualized plan of care.
• Implements interventions and documents patient progress.
• Evaluates progress toward outcomes and updates the plan as needed.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient safety

Education

Diploma in Nursing

Associates or higher

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Position Summary

Responsible to provide care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice and other standards established by profession/professional groups, regulating bodies/agents. Nursing care will be delivered in accordance with ECU Health and entity specific nursing policies, procedures and professional standards of care/practice.

Responsible for the provision and coordination of nursing care to include the collection and analysis of assessment data, identification of expected outcomes and development of plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and other interdisciplinary team members. Identifies interventions to attain expected outcomes, implements the interventions identified in the plan of care, evaluates the progress of the patient/family toward attainment of outcomes, and documents the process. This care includes sensitivity to age specific and unique needs of the patient/family.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and evaluates the effective functioning of the health care team. Collaborates with health care team members to meet the identified needs of the patient/family throughout the episode of care. Delegates tasks and activities as appropriate and governed by NC Nurse Practice Act.
• Assures healing without harm through use of safety habits and error prevention tools, periodic rounding, and engagement in daily safety huddle
• Obtains and interprets initial and ongoing systematic patient/family assessment data, incorporating information from other appropriate sources.
• Uses patient/family assessment data to formulate relevant nursing plan of care.
• Collaborates with patient/family/significant others(s) and interdisciplinary team members to mutually formulate realistic and measurable outcomes based on clinical presentation and plan of care.
• Collaborates with the patient/family/significant others (s) and interdisciplinary team members to develop an individualized plan of care which includes learning needs to achieve optimal health and well-being and transition across the continuum.
• Implements and actions interventions identified in the plan of care with consideration for patients' needs across the life span.
• Systematically evaluates and documents patient's progress based on expected outcomes and ongoing basis as identified in the patient's plan of care.

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma in Nursing, Associates in Nursing or higher
• Bachelors Degree is preferred.
• 0 - 2 years experience is required.
• Current NC RN license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state Health Care Provider is required.
• Basic Life Support is required.

About ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.

General Statement

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position.

Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings, which may include an occupational health screening, criminal record check, education, reference, and licensure verification.

We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicants qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.