RN Clinical Nurse II - Clinical Decision Unit

UNC Health Careers; Raleigh (NC); Presencial; USD 47.000 - 67.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

UNC Health in Raleigh, NC, seeks a part-time Clinical Nurse for the Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) in the Emergency Department. The role features a night shift, 12-hour shifts, and a 24-hour work week, with an 8-bed CDU and an estimated discharge rate around 80%.

You will provide care from admission through discharge, perform assessments, and collaborate with providers using evidence-based protocols to strengthen emergency and acute care skills.

Formación

• Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• One (1) year of nursing experience.

Responsabilidades

• Provide patient care from admission through discharge.
• Perform assessments and interventions.
• Collaborate with providers using evidence-based protocols.
• Strengthen your emergency and acute care skills.
• Education - identify and meet learning needs of self; participate in education programs.
• Evaluation of Care - identify expected patient outcomes and revise plan of care as needed.
• Implementation - care for patients with complex problems and coordinate care.

Conocimientos

Nursing

ED Care

Educación

RN License (NC)

Descripción del empleo

Description

Clinical Nurse – Clinical Decision Unit (CDU)

Part-Time | Night Shift | 24 Hours/Week

Make a meaningful impact while growing your nursing skills!

Join our 8-bed Clinical Decision Unit within the Emergency Department, providing short-term treatment and monitoring for patients with an average 16-hour stay and approximately 80% discharge rate.

What You’ll Do

• Provide patient care from admission through discharge.
• Perform assessments and interventions.
• Collaborate with providers using evidence-based protocols.
• Strengthen your emergency and acute care skills.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of ED, acute care, or intermediate care experience preferred.
• Telemetry experience preferred; training available.
• CDU experience is a plus, but not required.

Schedule

• Part-time: 24 hours per week
• Night shift
• 12-hour shifts; rotating holidays

Why Join Us?

• 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio.
• Clinical growth and cross-training opportunities.
• Fast-paced care with greater structure and predictability.

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.

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

1. 1. 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.
2. 2. 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.
3. 3. 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.
4. 4. 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.
5. 5. Patient Assessment - Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. Synthesizes assessment data into 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.
6. 6. 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.
7. 7. 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

Other information:

• Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program.
• 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.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Clinical Decision Unit

Work Type: Part Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 24.00

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: Nights

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.