Supervisor Clinical Nurse IV - Acute Care Orthopaedics

UNC Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive program

Relocation assistance

Tuition loan forgiveness

Employee referral program

Job summary

UNC Rex Healthcare is seeking a Nurse Team Leader for the Orthopaedics unit in Raleigh, NC. The role oversees nursing education, staffing and patient care on a 30-bed unit, with education focus, evaluation and leadership responsibilities during night shifts.

The position requires a NC RN license, a BSN, and at least one year of RN experience. A supportive interdisciplinary team environment and opportunities for professional growth are provided.

Qualifications

• Must have NC RN licensure and BCLS.
• BSN degree required for practice in North Carolina.
• Minimum of one year of RN experience as a licensed nurse.
• Strong communication and teaching skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Education and professional development for staff and students.
• Evaluate patient progress and adjust care plans with the team.
• Lead interdisciplinary care planning and ensure standards of practice.
• Provide leadership to recruit, retain and coach staff.
• Assess discharge needs and coordinate Resources with the team.
• Participate in planning to meet budget and quality goals.

Skills

Leadership

Education

Team coordination

Communication

Education

BSN

Job description

Description *This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes a choice of a Commitment Incentive or a Tuition Loan Forgiveness incentive. Additionally, this position qualifies for relocation assistance (when applicable) and our employee referral program.* 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.UNC Health earns national spotlight for outstanding culture! Forbes ranks UNC Health #26 on America’s Best Employers for Company Culture 2026. View video link here to learn more: https://youtu.be/M4zq-PZ2wzA?si=XWZww4ckpPabw-Yw

The Acute Care Orthopaedics unit at UNC Rex Hospital is a 30-bed medical-surgical unit that provides exceptional post-surgical care to patients recovering from various orthopedic procedures such as joint replacement (knee, hip, ankle, shoulder) total joint revision various spinal procedures various fracture repair procedures wound managementThe UNC Rex Healthcare Orthopedic Program has been nationally recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review and U.S. News & World Report Hospitals Ranking. Our Hip and Knee Replacement Program is officially certified by the Joint Commission. This unit provides care alongside an interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, physicians' assistants, physical and occupational therapists, case managers, and pharmacists to name a few.

Summary: Serves as nursing Team Leader. Provides education, training, and oversight to assigned nursing staff.

Responsibilities

1. 1. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Coordinates, designs and implements educational programs to meet identified learning needs of staff, patients and families. Promotes and ensures staff participation in continuing education, orientation, competency, in-service and staff development offerings. Participates in development and implementation of competency initiatives. Serves as an area of specialty consultant in the design of educational programs. Participates in development of and provides clinical expertise for patient education materials. Promotes professional growth of self and staff. Promotes a conducive environment for learning and provides educational experiences for students.
2. 2. EVALUATION - Evaluates patient progress and revises plan accordingly. Maintains accountability for carrying out components of the plan. Works with manager to ensure care on unit is accordance with policies and procedures.
3. 3. IMPLEMENTATION - Promotes an environment that values diversity, open communication, teamwork and exceptional service. Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to patients, clients and families for assigned shift. Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning to achieve desired patient outcomes. Coordinates care with interdisciplinary team members. Demonstrates and role models clinical expertise in specified patient population and shares expertise with other staff. Promotes and ensures the use of the nursing process to provide quality patient care. Assesses and anticipates patient and family learning needs and organizes resources to ensure that they are met. Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
4. 4. LEADERSHIP - Creates and promotes an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff. Provides feedback to Manager/Supervisor and Director to assist in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff. Assists Nurse Manager by providing assigned staff with performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals. Models and promotes behaviors that effectively give continual feedback to staff and colleagues. Integrates best practice standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of practice.
5. 5. 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. Works with manager to demonstrate specialization needs to serve the patient population.
6. 6. PLANNING - Establishes and promotes standards of excellence for areas of responsibility and ensures consistent implementation by staff. Provides input about trends related to program development, space needs and fiscal realities. Ensures appropriate and adequate clinical staffing and skill mix to meet patient care needs on own shift and upcoming shift. Effectively uses clinical and financial information to assist Nurse Manager to establish and meet budgetary goals. Collaborates with Nurse Manager to implement strategies to increase revenue and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply and equipment resources. Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes. Assists Nurse Manager to ensure that internal and external regulatory standards are met or exceeded.
7. 7. RESEARCH AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT - Collaborates with Nurse Manager to evaluate research that is applicable to practice and promotes changes in standards of care as appropriate. Guides research development and implementation. Utilizes resources in asking research questions and applying appropriate research methods. Shares knowledge with colleagues through publication, presentations or other means. Develops, implements and evaluates new and creative approaches to meeting goals. Leads, participates and promotes performance improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care opportunities.

Other Information

Education Requirements

• Graduate of Accredited Nursing Program. Bachelor's degree (BSN) required.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Must have NC RN Licensure and BCLS. Professional certification relevant to the practice area and on the ANCC Magnet approved list within the probationary period of employment.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Minimum of one year experience working as a licensed RN.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret clinical information and technical procedures. Ability to document clinical information. Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions from patients, physicians, family members, and other Rex staff. Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTHentity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex 6 West/Orthopaedics Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00Salary Range: $38.51 - $58.82 per hour (Hiring Range)Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: OnsiteWork Schedule: Night Job Location of Job: US:NC:RaleighExempt From Overtime: Exempt: NoThis 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.