RN Clinical Nurse II - Med Observation Unit - Weekends

UNC Health Care; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 47,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility for family/school

Personal time during week

Weekend focus with shift differentials

Generous shift differentials

Job summary

UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, NC, is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Observ Unit Main Campus. This full-time, weekend-focused role provides competent nursing care, coordinates admissions, treatments, transfers and discharges, and reports to the Nurse Manager/Director. Requires RN licensure in North Carolina, BSN preferred by seven years, and BLS.

One year of nursing experience. Onsite schedule includes Saturday/Sunday and alternating Fridays, with generous shift differentials and

Qualifications

• 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.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Education - Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
• Evaluation of Care - Identifies expected patient outcomes and communicates with the team.
• Implementation - Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems and prioritizes care.
• Leadership - Develops goals for professional growth and promotes intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
• Patient Assessment - Recognizes data to determine priorities for care and anticipates discharge needs.
• Planning - Collaborates with patient/family to update plan of care and uses multidisciplinary resources.
• Research - Reads journals and brings ideas for assessment of applicability.

Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Nursing care

Clinical assessment

Education

Graduation from a school of professional nursing

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Tools

BLS for Healthcare Provider

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

• Also known as 1 Memorial
• 25 bed Med Observation Unit
• The environment is fast paced
• Unit is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
• Requires a great deal of interdisciplinary collaboration and team work
• The team facilitates admissions, treatments, transfers and discharges of patients
• Provides care to adult observation patients with a variety of medical diagnoses that include cardiology work up, COPD exacerbation, Intravenous therapy, and abdominal pain work up

Schedule Expectations

• Every Saturday and Sunday
• Every other Friday

More to Love

• Flexibility to drop off & pick up your kids regularly for school
• Time during the week for yourself
• No fighting 9a-5p traffic
• Generous shift differentials

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:

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: UNCH Observ Unit Main Campus

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 30.00

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: Weekend

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.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.