Cardiothoracic ICU Registered Nurse
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Medical Center

Registered Nurse – Intensive Care Unit – Cardiothoracic

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Essential Duties

• Participate in identifying and meeting own learning needs; attend education programs as needed.
• Use patient education materials relevant to the patient population with assistance.
• Assess readiness to learn and developmental level of patients/families/caregivers.
• Identify expected patient outcomes and participate in evaluation and revision of care plans.
• Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Demonstrate competence in care of patients with complex problems, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects.
• Perform bedside point of care testing as required.
• Organize and prioritize care according to patient/family needs.
• Consult appropriate resources timely for patients with complex care issues or high discharge risk.
• Develop professional growth goals with assistance and participate in unit goals and performance improvement.
• Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Recognize and synthesize complex assessment data to determine care priorities.
• Assess and anticipate discharge needs; develop relationships with families to support advocacy.
• Collaborate with patient/family and multidisciplinary team to plan and update care.
• Address cultural and ethnic issues in patient care planning.
• Prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Engage in research by reading relevant journals and contributing ideas for practice improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in North Carolina
• Minimum of one (1) year of nursing experience
• One (1) year of Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) experience within the last year
• Experience working with Level 1 Trauma patients in an Acute Care setting
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited school
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)