RN Clinical Nurse II - NC Children's Specialty Clinic Raleigh

UNC Children’s Specialty Services at Raleigh is seeking a friendly, professional, skilled nurse with pediatric experience who enjoys a variety of services and works well with multi-disciplinary teams. Our clinic supports 22 different pediatric specialties, promoting knowledge growth in many areas.

Responsibilities

• Patient triage and clinic rooming
• Administering injections
• Specimen collection
• Central line maintenance
• NG/G-tube management
• 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; assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers
• Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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; brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability

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
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
• One (1) year of nursing experience

About the Role

UNC Children’s Specialty Services at Raleigh is a pediatric-specific clinic setting where high-quality care and an excellent patient experience are the driving forces for daily operations. We are the only pediatric facility in the Southeastern United States with a Joint Commission Certified Pediatric Asthma Program. We are dedicated to quality and process improvement and are currently working on three Process Improvement Projects:

• Rooming Improvement Project to increase compliance with all components of the triage process
• Food insecurity screening
• Depression screening to support holistic care of our pediatric patients

Our staff and leaders are committed to providing a positive, inclusive work environment for all people and recognizing the work/life balance that we all desire.

Schedule

• Flexible shifts: 8-hour days for 5 days/week or 9-hour shifts for 4 days/week
• No holidays or weekends required

Pay

Salary range: $34.22 - $48.38 per hour (Hiring range determined by experience and internal equity)

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