RN Clinical Nurse II - Staffing Response Team

UNC Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 47,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health's Rex Staffing Response Team in Raleigh, NC is seeking experienced nurses for full-time night shifts. You will provide competent nursing care, coordinate patient needs, and support unit goals.

Role involves floating between UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs campuses, with three 12-hour shifts per week and a 36-hour minimum. The team emphasizes collaboration and high‑quality patient care.

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 or Master’s degree within seven years.
• RN licensure in North Carolina and BLS certification are required.

Responsibilities

• Education: identify learning needs, attend programs, use patient education materials, assess readiness to learn.
• Evaluation of Care: determine outcomes, revise care plan, discuss with the team, promote continuity of care.
• Implementation: provide care for complex patients, perform bedside testing, follow standards and organize care.
• Leadership: set goals, promote growth, collaborate, support cost-effective care and safety.
• Patient Assessment: interpret data to set care priorities, anticipate discharge needs, liaise with families.
• Planning: collaborate on care plans, use multidisciplinary resources, address cultural considerations, prioritize tasks.
• Research: read relevant journals, bring ideas to the team for applicability.

Skills

Intermediate Care

Education

Graduation from a school of professional nursing

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Nursing within seven years (if hired after Jan 2014)

Job description

Why Join the SRT?

As a valued member of our team, you'll have the unique opportunity to:

• Work across diverse inpatient units
• Collaborate with a variety of healthcare teams
• Deliver high-quality care where it's needed most
• Enjoy a supportive environment that promotes work/life balance and job satisfaction

Work Locations:

SRT nurses must be willing to float between UNC REX Raleigh and UNC REX Holly Springs campuses. Daily assignments are based on the staffing needs of both facilities.

Role Overview:

This position is ideal for nurses with 2 years of recent Intermediate Care experience. Initially, teammates will work primarily in one of the list areas below. After six months, and based on departmental needs, nurses may also be trained to work in other areas.

• Cardiovascular Surgical Stepdown
• Cardiac Medicine Unit
• Cardiac Procedural Medicine Unit
• Medical Stepdown
• Intermediate Care

Shift & Schedule Requirements:

• Full-time night shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Minimum of 36 hours/week (three 12-hour shifts per week)
• Must work at least four 12-hour weekend shifts per 6-week scheduling period
• Must work two official and one unofficial holiday each year
• Holiday scheduling is determined by a rotating holiday track at the time of hire to ensure fairness and unit coverage

Who We're Looking For:

We’re seeking fun, flexible, and independent nurses who also excel in a team environment. If you’re someone who embraces change, values teamwork, and wants to work in a role where your contributions are truly appreciated, the SRT could be the perfect fit for you.

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 on the Rex Staffing Response Team.

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. Assess 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:

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: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex Staffing Response Team 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: Night Job 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.