RN Clinical Nurse IV - Orthopedics and Surgery Acute Care Unit

About the role

The Registered Nurse (Clinical Nurse IV) is needed for the 3rd floor, 25-bed Orthopedic/Surgical unit at UNC Hillsborough Hospital. The ideal candidate should have 1 year of acute care experience and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Promotes an environment that values diversity, open communication, teamwork and exceptional service.
• Ensures appropriate care and services are available to patients, clients and families for assigned shift.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Carefully coordinates care with interdisciplinary team members.
• Demonstrates and role models clinical expertise in specified patient population and shares expertise with other staff.
• Promotes and ensures the use of the nursing process to provide quality patient care.
• Anticipates and meets patient and family learning needs and organizes resources accordingly.
• Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) 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.
• Eighteen (18) months of professional nursing experience in a tertiary care setting to include didactic and clinical experience in the area of assignment, preferably with charge and precepting experience in the area of assignment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Medical Center Hillsborough Organization Unit: Med/Surg Inpatient 3 HBO H Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Salary Range: $38.13 - $58.24 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Rotating Location of Job: US:NC:Hillsborough Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

Benefits

Free parking on site.

Schedule

Days primarily, with flexibility to meet the needs of the department. Shift differentials may apply.