RN Clinical Nurse II - 4HV Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

Description

Are you a passionate critical care nurse looking to make a real impact in advanced cardiac care? Join our high-acuity, fast-paced 20-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit where teamwork, innovation, and exceptional patient care are at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of our unit is a strong, supportive team culture where nurses are empowered, respected, and encouraged to grow professionally every day.

STEMI & Acute Coronary Syndromes

Advanced Heart Failure

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiogenic Shock

Post-Cardiac Arrest Care

You'll work alongside an exceptional interdisciplinary team including physicians, APPs, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and experienced critical care nurses dedicated to delivering world-class cardiac care.

Care is delivered through a collaborative interdisciplinary team model that includes Clinical Nurses, physicians, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), pharmacists, respiratory therapists, care managers, chaplains, patient care technicians, and telemetry support staff dedicated to providing exceptional cardiovascular critical care.

Deliver comprehensive, patient-centered critical care

Monitor and manage complex hemodynamic therapies

Respond confidently in rapidly changing clinical situations

Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams

Educate and support patients and families

Participate in quality improvement and professional development initiatives

Mentor and support fellow team members

Positive & collaborative team culture

Supportive leadership that invests in YOU

Strong interdisciplinary partnerships

Opportunities for growth and advancement

Clinically advanced, high-acuity patient population

A culture rooted in teamwork, respect, and excellence

Current RN License

BLS & ACLS Certification

At least 1 year of acute care nursing experience

CICU / ICU / Critical Care experience

Experience with IABP, Impella, CRRT, & TTM

Passion for cardiovascular critical care

Strong teamwork and communication skills

Desire to continuously learn and grow

Advanced cardiac critical care environment
Growth & advancement opportunities
Supportive leadership and engaged teammates
Strong interdisciplinary collaboration
Meaningful work that truly impacts lives

This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes:

Up to $20,000 commitment incentive(based on eligibility)

Up to $25,000 in tuition loan forgiveness (based on eligibility)

Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location)

Employee referral program

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about delivering exceptional cardiac critical care, we want to meet you!

Apply today and become part of a team making a difference every single day.

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.

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 patient population. Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers. Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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 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 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.
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 assessment of applicability.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
* If hired after January 6, 2014, must be enrolled within four years of employment, and obtain a Bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a Master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of employment date.
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 nursing experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex CICU 4HV

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

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: Night Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.