RN Clinical Nurse II - (Per Diem) Obstetrics

About the role

Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Our Mother Baby nurses provide care to the mother/baby dyad, assisting with breastfeeding, routine postpartum care of the mom, and normal newborn care. The unit consists of 25 beds across two campuses. The support person is encouraged to stay with Mom and baby to promote bonding and family-centered care.

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.

Responsibilities

• Education: 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 with assistance. Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers and developmental level of patient.
• 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. 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 regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or those at high risk for discharge planning.
• Leadership: Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations with assistance. Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. Promotes cost-effective care. Gives feedback to co-workers. Promotes a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education, and safety needs. Synthesizes assessment data into a meaningful whole prior to communication to others. Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families. Develops relationships with families to 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. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Research: Reads journals containing studies or articles applicable to practice. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

Requirements

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• 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). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Schedule

• Work Type: Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Variable
• Location: Smithfield, NC
• Exempt From Overtime: No