RN Clinical Nurse II - Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

UNC Health; United States; On-site; USD 71,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC, seeks a Clinical Nurse for the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. This full-time role provides care for adults undergoing transplant, with rotating day/night shifts, weekends, and self-scheduling to balance unit needs, totaling 36 hours per week.

You will coordinate patient care using the nursing process, participate in education and care planning, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team. Relocation assistance up to $10,000 may be offered.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• Registered Nurse licensed in North Carolina.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Education: participates in identifying learning needs and attends education programs.
• Evaluation of Care: identifies expected patient outcomes and communicates during team discussions.
• Implementation: provides care for patients with complex problems and uses nursing standards and policies.
• Leadership: collaborates to promote professional growth and unit goals.
• Patient Assessment: identifies care priorities and plans for discharge needs.
• Planning: collaborates with patient/family to update the plan of care.
• Research: reads journals and brings ideas to the staff for assessment.

Education

Graduation from a school of professional nursing

Registered Nurse license in North Carolina

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

One year of nursing experience

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.

About The Unit

• 24 bed unit
• Care for adult patients undergoing transplant for hematologic cancers, solid tumors, metabolic diseases and blood disorders

Position Details

• 36 hours per week
• Rotating day/night shifts + weekends
• Self-scheduling to balance individual and unit needs

Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance may be offered (dependent on mileage)

Summary

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Education - Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self. Attends education programs based on identified learning needs. With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population. Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers. Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Evaluation of Care - Identifies expected patient outcomes. Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care. Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care. Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation - Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care. Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan. Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care. Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs. Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
• Leadership - With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor. Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. Participates in promoting cost-effective care. Gives feedback to co-workers. Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment. Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
• Patient Assessment - Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. Synthesizes assessment data in meaningful whole prior to communication to others. Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families. Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
• Planning - Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Research - Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

Other Information

Education Requirements

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• If hired after January 6, 2014, must be enrolled within four years of employment, and obtain a Bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a Master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of employment date.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification

Professional Experience Requirements

• One (1) year of nursing experience.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: STATE
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Organization Unit: Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Salary Range: $34.22 - $48.38 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Rotating
• Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

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.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.