RN New Graduate Nurse- Acute Neurosurgery & ENT

About the role

New Graduate RN – Neurosurgery/ENT Acute Care Unit
UNC Medical Center – Chapel Hill, NC
Schedule: 36 hours/week | Rotating day/night/weekend shifts | Flexible self-scheduling
Benefits: Comprehensive Benefits package and commitment incentives to eligible applicants

Responsibilities

• Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.
• Reports and is accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.
• 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.
• Affirms readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.
• Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Evaluates care and seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
• Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including 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.
• Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
• 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.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.

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 by the day of clinical care.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required.
• Knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.

Skills

• Competent in care of patients with complex problems.
• Effective communication systems.
• Ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits package and commitment incentives to eligible applicants.

Pay

$32.55 per hour (minimum)

Schedule

Rotating

Location of Job

US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime

No