RN Clinical Nurse II - Medicine Specialty Unit

About the unit

27-bed Medicine Specialty Unit focused on acute pulmonary and infectious disease care
Equipped with Dual-channel telemetry and Continuous pulse oximetry
Patient populations include: HIV-positive patients, Respiratory disease patients, and Adults with cystic fibrosis
This unit received the Beacon Gold Award for Excellence (AACN), recognizing sustained excellence in patient outcomes and nursing practice

Position details

• 36 hours per week
• Variable schedule to allow flexibility
• Personalized scheduling to boost your satisfaction
• Improve your work life balance through adaptable hours
• Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (dependent on mileage)

Summary

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
• Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
• Uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.
• Affirms readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.
• Affirms developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Evaluates 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
• Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
• Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety needs.
• Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.
• Affirms readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.
• 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.
• Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.
• Bridges ideas and questions to the staff at large 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 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

Knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.