RN Clinical Nurse II-OR - Operating Room

About the role

UNC Rex Holly Springs has a robust and efficient surgical program. We perform both inpatient and outpatient procedures on adult and pediatric populations in our 3 Operating rooms and 1 Procedure Room. The Nurses and Surgical Technologists provide intraoperative care for a variety of service lines including Orthopedics, General, GYN, Robotics, Neuro, Breast, ENT, Plastics, Urology, Ophthalmology, and Endoscopy.

Schedule

36 hours/week; 7 am – 7:30 pm working (3) 12-hour shifts per week; Monday through Friday, with on-call requirements.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Pay

$35.94 – $54.96 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.