RN – Step-Down

Specialty: Step-Down
Facility: University of North Carolina Health Care System – 2700 Wayne Memorial Drive Goldsboro, NC
State License: NC
Certs/Licenses:
Years of Experience:
Shift: Nights Progressive Care experience required; charge nurse duties if neededWill consider 48/hr cont
Guaranteed Hours: 36.00
Description: Specialty: PCUFacility: University of North Carolina Health Care SystemState License: NCCerts/Licenses: Years of Experience: Shift: Nights Progressive Care experience required; charge nurse duties if neededWill consider 48/hr contractLocal rate $75 3×12 HrGuaranteed Hours: 36.00Description: Job 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. Essential Duties: -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 patient population. -Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers. -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. -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. -Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. -Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. -Synthesizes 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. -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. -Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems. -Research: 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. Schedule Notes:Progressive Care experience required; charge nurse duties if neededWill consider 48/hr contractLocal rate $75Skills: Required Skills & Experience: -One (1) year of nursing experience. Preferred Skills & Experience: -N/AEducation: Required Education: -Nursing Diploma. OR -ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing. Preferred Education: -BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.Required Certifications & Licensure: -Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina. -Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC). Preferred Certifications & Licensure: -N/AJob Category: Clinical-NursingProcess Level Department Description: UNC Health Wayne—7th Floor—Wayne 7th Floor is a 14-bed adult med/cardiac (CHF, post-cath/pacemaker, COPD). Ratio: 1:6. 1 2 admits/day. Flexible, confident nurses succeed. Growth: charge, preceptor, clinical ladder.Process Level Department Compliance: RN-UNC Health Wayne-7th Floor — Required: RN License , BLS , NIHSS , CPI-AMin. Pay Rate: Max. Pay Rate: Department of Nursing?: NoShift: NightsShift Details: 7:00pm – 7:00amFTE: 0.9On-Call Required?: Yes if needed; 1 shift per pay periodWeekends Required?: 4 weekend shifts in a 6 week scheduleHolidays Required?: Yes if neededExtension Status: Extension Status Change Date: Previous End Date: Extension Start Date: Extension End Date: HR Job Code and Title: 4970-Registered NurseInfor Job Code and Title: 6893-Registered NurseInterview Type: Auto OfferSupplier POC:; Nights Progressive Care experience required; charge nurse duties if neededWill consider 48/hr contractLocal rate $75 3×12 Hr