Description
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UNC Medical Center is hiring New Grad Nurses to join our Medical Observation team!
New Graduate Nurse needed for Medical Observation Unit. In order to qualify for the UNC Medical Center New Graduate Residency program, candidates must currently be in their final semester of nursing school or recently graduated from nursing school within the past 12 months of the anticipated start date and worked as a RN for less than 6 months. The New Graduate Residency is a yearlong program supporting transition from academia to practice for new graduate nurses. Additionally, the program provides mentored clinical relationships to support development as a professional nurse. It is required for the applicant to pass the NCLEX exam and be a licensed RN prior to the first day of employment.
This position is for 36 hours per week; 12-hour variable shifts; weekdays and occasional weekends; full-time benefits.
1 Memorial is a 25-bed Medical Observation Unit. The team provides care to adult observation patients with a variety of medical diagnoses to include cardiology workup; COPD exacerbation; Intravenous therapy; and abdominal pain workup. The environment is fast-paced and requires a great deal of interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. The team facilitates admissions, treatments, transfers, and discharges of patients. This unit is open 7 days a week and 24 hours per day.
The staff on this unit will also be cross-trained to staff 4 West, a 12-bed Medical Surgical Observation unit which provides care to a varied adult population to include observation, extended recovery from PACU, and Medical Surgical acute care patients awaiting an inpatient bed assignment. Both 1 Memorial and 4 West are considered on team working in two locations, under the same management team.
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:
1. Education - Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self. Attends education programs based on identified learning needs. With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to the patient population. Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers. Assesses the developmental level of the patient and factors affecting the ability to learn.
2. Evaluation of Care - Identifies expected patient outcomes. Seeks guidance as needed in the revision of the plan of care. Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in the evaluation of patient care. Communicates relevant information to promote the continuity of care.
3. Implementation - Demonstrates competence in the 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 the patient care plan. Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in the 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.
4. Leadership - With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Achieves goals and objectives within the identified timeframe or renegotiates with the supervisor. Is knowledgeable about activities that facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration. Participates in the development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. Participates in promoting cost-effective care. Gives feedback to coworkers. Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the healthcare environment. Promotes a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all.
5. Patient Assessment - Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education, and safety needs. Synthesizes assessment data into a 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.
6. Planning - Collaborates with the patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Begins to use the full range of communication as a means to convey planning. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
7. Research - Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for an assessment of applicability.
Job Details
Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: UNCH Observ Unit Main Campus
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
Pay: $29.98 per hour minimum
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.
