RN Clinical Nurse II (Per Diem) - Cardiology at Eastowne

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UNC Cardiology health professionals offer comprehensive care for patients with cardiac health concerns. Our physicians can provide you with preventative guidance for issues such as high cholesterol or blood pressure. Our interventional team offers a range of advanced, minimally invasive interventional treatments. We provide a full array of diagnostic and screening services.

Schedule and Location:

• Address: 100 Eastowne Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
• Monday-Friday: PRN
• No weekends
• No holidays

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
• Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers
• Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn
• 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
• Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan
• Utilizes healthcare organisation and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care
• Organises and prioritises care according to patient/family needs
• Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues
• Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimise 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
• Participates in promoting cost-effective care
• Gives feedback to co-workers
• Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all
• Recognises data from complex situations to determine priorities for care
• Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs
• Synthesises assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others
• Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families
• Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs
• 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
• Demonstrates ability to prioritise tasks for patients with complex problems
• Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice
• Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability

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
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification

Professional Experience Requirements:

• One (1) year of relevant and current experience required

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

• No specific requirements listed

Job Details:

• Work Type: Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00
• Salary Range: $34.22 - $48.38 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Day Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No