RN Clinical Nurse II - UNC MPS Clinic

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

Job summary

UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a Registered Nurse for the MPS Care Clinic in Pediatric Pediatrics. The role involves outpatient clinical care, infusion therapies, and coordination with a collaborative team.

The position supports education, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration in a fast-paced clinic setting. Preferred candidates have pediatric experience and infusion care experience.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• Must obtain a Bachelor's degree in Nursing within seven years if hired after Jan 6, 2014.

Responsibilities

• Education: identify learning needs and educate patients/families.
• Evaluation of care: participate in interdisciplinary evaluation and communicate to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation: provide care for patients with complex problems and coordinate with resources.
• Leadership: support unit goals and promote cost-effective care, provide feedback to coworkers.
• Patient assessment: determine care priorities and plan for safe discharge.
• Planning: collaborate with families to update the plan of care.
• Research: engage with journals and bring applicable ideas to the team.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Patient care

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Job description

Description

What We Do:

• We have a small, dedicated clinical team that treats patients in the outpatient setting, providing clinical consultation and infusion therapies
• The Muenzer MPS Care Clinic will provide innovative care for patients living with mucopolysaccharidosis diseases (MPS)
• Team members will support patient care in a highly collaborative setting
• Services include: Evaluation and management, genetic counseling, enzyme replacement thearpy, infusion therapy, developmental testing.

Location/Schedule:

• Southern Village a community in Chapel Hill close to UNC Campus
• This position will be a 4 (10 hours) shift position.

Preferred Experience:

• We would prefer a candidate that has previous Pediatric experience and experience in infusion.

Incentive:

• This position qualifies for a $10,000 commitment incentive.

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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

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. Assess and anticipate discharge needs of individual patients and families. Develop 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.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians

Organization Unit: Pediatrics -MPS Care Clinic

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: Day Job

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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