Job Title
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
4 East is a 31 bed pulmonary and nephrology intermediate care unit. Nurses on this unit care for patients with lung, kidney and heart related illness or diagnoses. Nurses monitor and manage patients with ventilators, peritoneal dialysis, arrhythmias and cardiac drips. We provide an exceptional level of care, continuously utilizing critical thinking and a wide range of clinical skills for patients with multiple comorbidities. We are a strong team that places high importance on providing the best in care and top patient satisfaction results.
Summary: Serves as nursing Team Leader. Provides education, training, and oversight to assigned nursing staff.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinates, designs and implements educational programs to meet identified learning needs of staff, patients and families.
- Evaluates patient progress and revises plan accordingly.
- Promotes an environment that values diversity, open communication, teamwork and exceptional service.
- Creates and promotes an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff.
- Synthesizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
- Establishes and promotes standards of excellence for areas of responsibility and ensures consistent implementation by staff.
- Collaborates with Nurse Manager to evaluate research that is applicable to practice and promotes changes in standards of care as appropriate.
Education Requirements: Graduate of Accredited Nursing Program. Bachelor's degree (BSN) required.
Licensure/Certification Requirements: Must have NC RN Licensure and BCLS. Professional certification relevant to the practice area and on the ANCC Magnet approved list within the probationary period of employment.
Professional Experience Requirements: Minimum of one year experience working as a licensed RN.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret clinical information and technical procedures. Ability to document clinical information. Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions from patients, physicians, family members, and other Rex staff. Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.
Salary Range: $38.51 - $58.82 per hour (Hiring Range)
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.