RN Clinical Nurse II (Per Diem) UNC Medical Center Geriatric, Crisis Stablization & Perinatal Psych

About the Role

UNC Health is seeking a Clinical Nurse II to join the Geriatric, Crisis Stabilization, and Perinatal Psychiatry Unit (4 Neurosciences) at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC. This unit comprises three adult units serving specific mental health populations: a 10-bed Geropsychiatry unit, a 15-bed Crisis Stabilization unit, and a 5-bed Perinatal Psychiatry unit focused on women with psychiatric disorders during pregnancy or post-partum. This is a full-time position requiring 36 hours per week across three 12-hour shifts, with rotating shifts (current need is night shift) and rotating weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards, coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting
• Participate in identifying and meeting learning needs of self; attend education programs based on identified learning needs
• Assess readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers; assess developmental level and factors affecting ability to learn
• Identify expected patient outcomes and revise plan of care with guidance as needed
• Participate in interdisciplinary team discussions for evaluation of patient care; communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care
• Demonstrate competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care
• Perform bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan; utilize healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care
• Organize and prioritize care according to patient/family needs; consult with appropriate resources regarding complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and high-risk discharge planning
• Develop goals to promote professional growth; participate in achieving unit goals and performance improvement activities
• Recognize data from complex situations to determine priorities for care; synthesize assessment data and anticipate discharge needs
• Collaborate with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care; utilize multidisciplinary resources; address cultural and ethnic issues in planning care
• Read journals with studies applicable to practice; bring ideas and questions to staff 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 relevant and current experience required

Pay & Schedule

• Salary range: $34.22 - $48.38 per hour (hiring range; pay offers determined by experience and internal equity)
• Full-time: 36 hours per week; three 12-hour shifts
• Rotating shifts - current need is night shift with rotating weekends and holidays
• Work assignment type: Onsite
• Variable schedule
• Exempt from overtime: No

Benefits

• Extensive benefit package including PTO hours, accrued based on number of worked hours
• State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits
• If currently an employee of another North Carolina agency participating in TSERS or ORP, you may continue participation in those plans at UNC Health

Orientation Schedule: Monday and Tuesday - In person from 8am to 5pm; Wednesday - 8am to 10am Virtual and in person from 1pm to 5pm; Thursday and Friday - Virtual. Requires ability to attend required weeklong hospital orientation offered every two weeks.