RN Operating Room - Ambulatory Surgical Center

UNC Health Care; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 95,619,000 - 137,454,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Rex Surgery Center of Cary, part of UNC Health Care, is an ambulatory center offering multi-specialty surgical services with a 40-hour work week and daytime schedule. The role emphasizes high-quality patient care in a fast-paced setting and includes teaching responsibilities for new staff and students.

Qualified candidates hold a NC RN license, BLS on hire, ACLS within 6 months, and a minimum of two years OR experience; they will contribute to standards of care and unit goals while

Qualifications

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• BLS required on hire; ACLS certification within 6 months.
• Minimum 2 years OR experience.

Responsibilities

• Assessment - synthesize data to determine priorities for care and discharge needs.
• Education - identify and meet learning needs of self and others; staff education materials.
• Evaluation - evaluate patient progress and revise the plan.
• Implementation - care of patients with complex problems; bedside testing; follow standards.
• Leadership - promote professional growth and interdepartmental collaboration; serve as a role model.
• Planning - collaborate with patient/family to update the care plan.
• Research - read and apply journal findings to practice and participate in data collection.

Skills

Nursing care

Education

Registered Nurse license (NC)

Job description

Description

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.

The UNC Rex Surgery Center of Cary is an outpatient same day surgery center that operates Monday - Friday with no weekends, holidays, or call. The surgery center is a multi-specialty joint venture Ambulatory Surgery Center including ENT, General, Podiatry, Gyn, Eyes, and Urology and services both pediatric and adult patients.

Summary

Demonstrates competence in caring forpatients with complex problems. In addition demonstrates clinical skills through contribution to standards of care and unitgoals. Also serves as a preceptor for newemployees.

Responsibilities

1. Assessment - Synthesizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial and educational needs. Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication with 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.


2. Education - Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self and others. Participates in development and presentation of staff education programs geared to unit needs and staff level. Assists in development of, and utilizes patient education materials relevant to patient population.


3. Evaluation - Evaluates patient progress and revises plan accordingly. Maintains accountability for carrying out components of the plan.


4. Implementation - Demonstrates expertise in care of patients with complex problems, including appropriate physical, psychosocial and educational aspects of care. Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan. Provides direction in implementation of the plan and serves as a resource to other staff members. Utilizes hospital standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.


5. Leadership - Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Achieves goals and objectives within identified timeframe or renegotiates with supervisor. Participates in activities that facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration and serves as role model for nursing involvement. Functions as a consultant in various phases of the nursing process throughout the hospital. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. Participates in promoting cost-effective care. Models behaviors that effectively give feedback to coworkers. Incorporates awareness of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment into practice. Promotes a safe, clean environment.


6. Planning - Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Consistently makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Uses full range of communication means to convey planning. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Consistently demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.


7. Research - Reads journals that contain articles and studies that are applicable to practice and discusses their feasibility of implementation with others. With assistance, applies research findings to practice. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability. Assists with data collection in research being conducted in work area. Shares knowledge with staff.

Other Information

Other information:

• * Graduation from a school of professional nursing.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• * Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.


• * BLS required upon hire; ACLS certification required within 6 months of hire date.

Professional Experience Requirements

• * Minimum of 2 years OR experience required .

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex Cary OR Services

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$33.37 - $47.97 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:Cary

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.
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