Description
UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join their esteemed team. Governed locally, they proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, they prioritise excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support.
As a Clinical Nurse III, you will provide competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. You will report and be accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director and be responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilising the nursing process in a hospital setting.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in identifying and meeting learning needs of self and attend education programs based on identified learning needs.
- Assess readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers and use patient education materials relevant to the patient population.
- Identify expected patient outcomes and seek guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
- Participate in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care and communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care.
- Demonstrate competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care.
- Perform bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan and utilise healthcare organisation and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in delivery of care.
- Organise and prioritise care according to patient/family needs and consult with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues.
- Develop goals to promote professional growth or minimise limitations and achieve goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiate with supervisor.
- Participate in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities and effectively use communication systems.
- Give feedback to co-workers and promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all.
Requirements:
- Graduation 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.
- One (1) year of nursing experience.