RN New Graduate Nurse - General Medicine

About the role

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. UNC Medical Center is hiring New Grad Nurses to join our Amazing General Medicine Team!

Position Details

• 36 hours per week
• Rotating day/night shifts + weekends
• Self-scheduling to balance individual and unit needs
• Must be eligible for RN licensure in North Carolina prior to start

New Graduate Residency Program Eligibility

Final semester nursing students or graduates within the past 12 months

Less than 6 months of RN experience

Program Highlights

• Yearlong, structured transition-to-practice program
• Unit-based orientation plus residency curriculum
• Mentorship and clinical support
• Professional development and skill-building

What We Offer

• Competitive health & retirement benefits
• Generous PTO accrual
• Supportive, team-oriented environment focused on growth

Additional Requirements

• Cover letter required (include clinical interests)
• RN license must be obtained prior to first day of employment
• Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance may be offered (dependent on mileage)

Summary

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Affirms developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Evaluates 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.

Requirements

• Education Requirements: Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: 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.
• Professional Experience Requirements: No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities

• Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Medical Center Organization Unit: General Medicine Unit Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00 Salary Range: $32.55 per hour (minimum) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Rotating Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill 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.