Supervisor Clinical Nurse IV -5 West Acute Care Neuroscience

Description

This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes up to $20,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness. In addition, this position is also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location) and our employee referral program. Learn more about our UNC Rex Incentive Program here: UNC Rex Incentive Program.

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About the role

5 West –Acute Care Neuroscience 5 West is a 30 bed neuroscience unit including a 4 bed step-down unit. Our patient population is neurological disorders and medical-surgical patients. 5 West demonstrates great team work by using a Buddy System and self-scheduling with a holiday tract. 5 West encourages professional growth by assisting with certifications and educational courses. Our team played an essential role in UNC REX recently receiving Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification from the Joint Commission.

Responsibilities

• Serves as nursing Team Leader. Provides education, training, and oversight to assigned nursing staff.
  • Educates, trains, and oversees assigned nursing staff.
  • Promotes and ensures staff participation in continuing education, orientation, competency, in-service, and staff development offerings.
  • Serves as an area of specialty consultant in the design of educational programs.
  • Promotes professional growth of self and staff.
  • Promotes a conducive environment for learning and provides educational experiences for students.
• Evaluates patient progress and revises plan accordingly. Maintains accountability for carrying out components of the plan. Works with manager to ensure care on unit is accordance with policies and procedures.
  • Evaluates patient progress and revises care plan accordingly.
  • Maintains accountability for carrying out components of the plan.
  • Works with manager to ensure care on unit is according to policies and procedures.
• 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. 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. Assesses and anticipates patient and family learning needs and organizes resources to ensure that they are met. Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
  • 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.
  • Collaborates 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.
  • Assesses and anticipates patient and family learning needs and organizes resources to ensure that they are met.
  • Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
• Creates and promotes an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff. Provides feedback to Manager/Supervisor and Director to assist in hiring, promoting, transferring, and terminating staff. Assists Nurse Manager by providing assigned staff with performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals. Models and promotes behaviors that effectively give continual feedback to staff and colleagues. Integrates best practice standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of practice.
  • Creates and promotes an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff.
  • Provides feedback to Manager/Supervisor and Director to assist in hiring, promoting, transferring, and terminating staff.
  • Affords assigned staff with performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals.
  • Models and promotes behaviors that effectively give continual feedback to staff and colleagues.
  • Integrates best practice standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of practice.
• Establishes and promotes standards of excellence for areas of responsibility and ensures consistent implementation by staff. Provides input about trends related to program development, space needs, and fiscal realities. Ensures appropriate and adequate clinical staffing and skill mix to meet patient care needs on own shift and upcoming shift. Effectively uses clinical and financial information to assist Nurse Manager to establish and meet budgetary goals. Collaborates with Nurse Manager to implement strategies to increase revenue and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply, and equipment resources. Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes. Assists Nurse Manager to ensure that internal and external regulatory standards are met or exceeded.
  • Establishes and promotes standards of excellence for areas of responsibility and ensures consistent implementation by staff.
  • Provides input about trends related to program development, space needs, and fiscal realities.
  • Ensures appropriate and adequate clinical staffing and skill mix to meet patient care needs on own shift and upcoming shift.
  • Effectively uses clinical and financial information to assist Nurse Manager to establish and meet budgetary goals.
  • Collaborates with Nurse Manager to implement strategies to increase revenue and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply, and equipment resources.
  • Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes.
  • Affords Nurse Manager to ensure that internal and external regulatory standards are met or exceeded.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager to evaluate research that is applicable to practice and promotes changes in standards of care as appropriate. Guides research development and implementation. Utilizes resources in asking research questions and applying appropriate research methods. Shares knowledge with colleagues through publication, presentations, or other means. Develops, implements, and evaluates new and creative approaches to meeting goals. Leads, participates, and promotes performance improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care opportunities.
  • Collaborates with Nurse Manager to evaluate research that is applicable to practice and promotes changes in standards of care as appropriate.
  • Guides research development and implementation.
  • Utilizes resources in asking research questions and applying appropriate research methods.
  • Shares knowledge with colleagues through publication, presentations, or other means.
  • Develops, implements, and evaluates new and creative approaches to meeting goals.
  • Led, participates, and promotes performance improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care opportunities.

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Graduate of Accredited Nursing Program. Bachelor's degree (BSN) required.
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: Must have NC RN Licensure and BCLS. Professional certification relevant to the practice area and on the ANCC Magnet approved list within the probationary period of employment.
• Professional Experience Requirements: Minimum of one year experience working as a licensed RN.
• Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret clinical information and technical procedures. Ability to document clinical information. Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions from patients, physicians, family members, and other Rex staff. Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.