Description
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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
- Education – Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self, attends education programs based on identified learning needs, and uses patient education materials relevant to the patient population. Assesses readiness to learn of the patient, family, and caregivers and evaluates developmental level of the patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
- Evaluation of Care – Identifies expected patient outcomes, seeks guidance as needed in revising the plan of care, participates in interdisciplinary team discussions regarding patient care evaluation, and communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
- Implementation – Demonstrates competence in caring for patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care. Performs bedside point-of-care testing as required for the patient care plan; utilizes organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures; organizes and prioritizes care according to patient and family needs; and consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and high-risk discharge planning.
- Leadership – With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations, achieves goals and objectives within the identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor, is knowledgeable about intra/interdepartmental collaboration, participates in unit goal development and performance improvement activities, uses communication systems effectively, promotes cost-effective care, provides feedback to co-workers, stays informed about public policy and regulatory guidelines, and promotes a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all.
- Patient Assessment – Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care, integrates physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs, synthesizes assessment data into a meaningful whole before communicating to others, anticipates discharge needs, and develops relationships with families to promote their advocacy for patients and themselves.
- Planning – Collaborates with patient and family to prepare or update the plan of care, utilizes multidisciplinary resources, applies full range of communication methods, addresses cultural and ethnic issues, and prioritizes tasks for patients with complex problems.
- Research – Reads relevant journals and brings ideas and questions to staff for assessment of applicability.
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 in Nursing or a Master’s degree in Nursing within seven years of employment.
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/Abilities Requirements
Not specified.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Chatham Hospital
Organization Unit: Surgical Services
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $35.94 - $54.96 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Siler City
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.
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 applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.