RN Clinical Nurse II (Per Diem) - PCICU

UNC REX Healthcare; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 98,801,000 - 138,628,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC REX Healthcare is launching a new Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) in Chapel Hill, NC, inviting experienced nurses to join a per diem team providing high-acuity care to infants, children, and adolescents with complex heart conditions. Nurses with PICU/PCICU experience are preferred.

Flextime includes a 12-hour shift every two weeks with rotate between day and night, plus weekend requirements, in a collaborative, family-centered environment within a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma

Qualifications

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina (NC).
• BLS for Healthcare Provider certification.

Responsibilities

• Education: identify and meet learning needs of self; participate in education programs.
• Evaluation of Care: assess outcomes and revise care plans with interdisciplinary team.
• Implementation: provide care for patients with complex problems and coordinate with resources.
• Leadership: contribute to unit goals and promote interdepartmental collaboration.
• Patient Assessment: synthesize data to determine care priorities and discharge needs.
• Planning: collaborate with patient/family to plan care using multidisciplinary resources.
• Research: engage with current literature and apply applicable findings.

Skills

PICU/PCICU experience preferred

Education

RN license in NC

BLS certification

Job description

Description

Experienced Nurses: Join Our New Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) Team!

We are excited to launch our *new* 13-bed Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) within our Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. This specialized unit provides advanced, life-saving care to critically ill infants, children, and adolescents with complex congenital and acquired heart conditions.

Our team is built on collaboration and expertise. You will work within a highly skilled and dedicated team in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment focused on delivery of exceptional and compassionate care to the most fragile patients.

We are deeply committed to creating a family-centered care experience, ensuring that patients and their loved ones are supported, informed, and cared for every step of the way.

Nurses with PICU or PCICU experience preferred.

Schedule: One 12hr shift every 2 weeks, rotating between both night shift and day shift, along with weekend requirements

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

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.

Other Information

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
• One (1) year of relevant and current experience required

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Pediatric Cardiac ICU

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 6.00

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

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.

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