RN Clinical Nurse II - Nursery

About the role

This position qualifies for our UNC Health Incentive Program. 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 Health Johnston Special Care Nursery is a Level II NICU with 3 licensed beds on our Smithfield Campus. Through our partnership with REX Neonatologists and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, along with a highly skilled healthcare team, we specialize in the care of infants requiring medical treatment due to complications, neonatal transitional problems, and other issues. Our team has a strong commitment to families, providing excellent patient and family-centered care and lactation support. Call requirement: 3 shifts in a 6-week schedule.

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Education
  • Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
  • Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
  • With assistance, 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.
• Evaluation of 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.
• Implementation
  • 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.
• Leadership
  • 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.
• Patient Assessment
  • 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.
• Planning
  • 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.
• Research
  • 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

• Education Requirements: Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• 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.

Pay

Salary Range: $34.22 - $48.38 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Schedule

• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Night
• Job Location: US:NC:Smithfield
• Exempt From Overtime: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System. This is not a State-employed position.