RN Clinical Nurse II (Per Diem) - Cardiac Pulmonary Rehab

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

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a Clinical Nurse II for the Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation program in Chapel Hill, NC. This per diem, day-shift role involves direct nursing care, telemetry monitoring, and coordinating with a multidisciplinary team to support heart and lung health.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in cardiovascular nursing (outpatient experience welcome) or 3 years in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, with strong assessment and communication skills and telemetry experience preferred.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of cardiovascular nursing experience; outpatient experience considered.
• OR 3 years of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation experience.
• Telemetry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and monitor patients during rehabilitation.
• Monitor telemetry and respond to changes in patient condition.
• Perform assessments and support individualized treatment plans.
• Educate patients on disease management, exercise, and risk reduction.
• Collaborate with physicians and the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Cardiovascular nursing

Cardiopulmonary rehab

Telemetry

Patient education

Communication

Assessment skills

Education

Graduation from a school of professional nursing

Job description

Description

HELP PATIENTS GET BACK TO LIVING THEIR BEST LIVES!

Clinical Nurse II – Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Per Diem | Day Shift | Chapel Hill, NC

Make Every Heartbeat Count!

Join UNC Hospitals’ AACVPR-certified Cardiac Rehab Program at the UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont Village, helping patients improve their heart and lung health, regain function, and enhance their quality of life.

What You’ll Do

• Provide nursing care and monitor patients during rehabilitation.
• Monitor telemetry and respond to changes in patient condition.
• Perform assessments and support individualized treatment plans.
• Educate patients on disease management, exercise, and risk reduction.
• Collaborate with physicians and the multidisciplinary team.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1–3 years of cardiovascular nursing experience; outpatient experience considered.
• OR 3 years of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation experience.
• Strong assessment, communication, and patient education skills.
• Telemetry experience preferred.

Why Join Us?

Build meaningful patient relationships, support recovery and prevention, and make a lasting difference in a collaborative environment.

Ready to make an impact beyond the bedside?

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Education Requirements

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.

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 relevant and current experience required

Job Details

• Legal Employer: STATE
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Organization Unit: Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Work Type: Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
• 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: Day Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
• 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 Health 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.

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