Intensive Care Unit ICU Staff Nurse RN Night Shift - Chapel Hill, NC, United States - UNC Health

Description

UNC Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Surgical ICU Stepdown for a nursing job in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Surgical ICU Stepdown
~ Shift: 8 hours, days

~ Employment Type:
Staff

RN Clinical Nurse II - New to OR Program - Medical Center-Anticipated start date July 2024.

A cover letter attached to your application is encouraged.

Each nurse will spend time on the main campus for class and simulations and will participate in clinical at their home facility.

You can expect to spend intensive training/clinical time the first 10 weeks and will then rotate through multiple specialty services at your home site before graduation from the program learning both the circulating and/or scrub roles (dependent on location).

Orientation schedules are subject to adjustment per student or department request.

You can expect to work on complex cases with a team of passionate and collegial OR professionals, utilizing the best patient care models.

UNC Hospitals has earned the distinguished Magnet designation that recognizes nurses for their excellence and provides professional growth opportunities.

The locations after completion of the program will be the Main Campus OR, Children's OR, Ambulatory Surgery Center or at the Hillsborough Campus OR.

UNC Chapel Hill Main Campus is a level one trauma academic facility and includes 26 operating rooms (MOR). We are proud to be on the cutting edge of technology for a number of surgical procedures.

Our specialty procedures include cochlear implants, organ transplants, bariatric procedures, open-heart surgeries, ECMO, endovascular surgeries, flap reconstructive surgeries, stereotactic and image guided neuro surgeries, da Vinci robotic surgeries, and Hyperthermia Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) just to name a few.

We have dedicated Pediatric Operating Rooms (COR) and perform 5,000 cases per year. Our service lines include general surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, plastics, ENT, OMF, burn and urology.

UNC is one of the two verified Burn Centers in NC and the only designated Level 1 Trauma in the Triangle.

You can expect to work on complex cases with a drive team of passionate and collegial OR professionals, utilizing the best patient care models.

We have the distinguished Magnet designation and that recognizes nurses for their excellence and provide professional growth opportunities.

UNC Hillsborough Hospital Operating Room (HBR) with 8 ORs has a community feel but is very busy high performing OR.

Service lines include General Surgery, GYN, Urology, XI & SI Robot, Orthopedics:
Total joints (hips, knees, shoulders), Sports Ortho, along with Neuro & Orthopedic Spine, Ophthalmology & GI.

Since our Main OR, Children's OR, and Hillsborough OR operate 24/7, we have a variety of scheduling options with some call required


Hours:

7am - 5:30pm w call 40hr/week which qualifies you for a generous benefit package, Flexible scheduling to help maintain work/life balance and a number of specialty teams available to work within (MOR and COR).

Weekend, Holiday, and call coverage is an expectation, and a 40-minute response time is required.

UNC Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) is a stand-alone outpatient surgery center with 8 ORs and performs 6200 cases each year in both pediatric and adult patient populations.

Pediatric—dental, orthopedic, ENT, urology, dermatology & Adult—dental, orthopedic, sports medicine, ENT, plastics, surg oncology, urology, laser.

*This position qualifies for our UNC Hospitals RN Incentive Program, which includes up to $20,000 commitment incentive, and also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location).

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

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.

With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population. Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
Evaluation of 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.

Implementation - 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.

Leadership - With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Participates in promoting cost-effective care. Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment. Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
Patient Assessment - Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others. Planning - Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

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.

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
One (1) year of nursing experience.

Job Details Legal Employer:
Entity: UNC Medical Center


Organization Unit:
Surgical Support Services

Work Type:
Full Time

56 per hour (Hiring Range)


Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.

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.

UNC Health Job ID # Posted job title:
rn acute care ii- new to or training program - unc medical center
About UNC Health

UNC Health is an integrated health care system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill.

UNC Health is committed to empowering health, not just health care.

UNC Health and our 40,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina's Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders.

We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.