RN Clinical Nurse II - Newborn Critical Care Center

About the Role

Join our nationally recognized, 74-bed Newborn Critical Care Center (NCCC) dedicated to providing state-of-the-art, lifesaving care to the most critically ill and medically fragile newborns from across North Carolina and beyond. As part of our elite team, you will care for extremely premature infants and those requiring complex surgeries in a dynamic, fast-paced intensive care environment.

This role offers access to cutting-edge technology, advanced training, and continual professional development as you work alongside a high-performing, compassionate team in one of the region’s top NICUs.

Schedule

• 36 hours per week
• Day/Night rotating shifts
• Weekend shift rotation required

Responsibilities

• Education: Identify and meet personal learning needs. Attend relevant education programs. Use patient education materials and assess readiness to learn, developmental level, and factors affecting learning ability.
• Evaluation of Care: Identify expected patient outcomes. Revise the plan of care with guidance. Participate in interdisciplinary team discussions. Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation: Demonstrate competence in caring for patients with complex needs, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects. Perform bedside point-of-care testing. Utilize healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures. Organize and prioritize care based on patient/family needs. Consult appropriate resources for complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or high-risk discharge planning.
• Leadership: Develop professional growth goals with assistance. Achieve goals within identified timeframes. Promote intra/interdepartmental collaboration. Participate in unit goals and performance improvement activities. Use communication systems effectively. Promote cost-effective care. Provide feedback to coworkers. Stay aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting healthcare. Maintain a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Patient Assessment: Recognize data from complex situations to determine care priorities. Assess physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs. Synthesize assessment data into a comprehensive whole. Anticipate discharge needs of patients and families. Develop relationships with families to promote advocacy.
• Planning: Collaborate with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Utilize multidisciplinary resources. Address cultural and ethnic issues in planning. Prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Research: Read relevant journals and articles. Bring ideas and questions to staff for assessment of applicability.

Requirements

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• If hired after January 6, 2014, must enroll 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.
• 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.

Pay

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

This is a full-time, onsite position located in Chapel Hill, NC, employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits.