MedSurg Registered Nurse
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Medical Center

Registered Nurse - MedSurg

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing
Shift: Days
Hours: 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provide competent clinical nursing care in a hospital setting, coordinating and delivering patient care using the nursing process. Accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in ongoing education to meet learning needs and use patient education materials appropriately.
• Assess patient/family readiness and developmental level for learning.
• Identify expected patient outcomes and participate in care plan evaluation and revision.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to promote continuity of care.
• Deliver care to patients with complex problems, addressing physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
• Perform bedside point of care testing as required.
• Follow healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
• Organize and prioritize care based on patient and family needs.
• Consult resources timely for complex care issues and discharge planning.
• Develop professional growth goals and participate in unit goals and performance improvement activities.
• Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Recognize and synthesize complex assessment data to determine care priorities.
• Collaborate with patients and families in care planning, addressing cultural and ethnic considerations.
• Apply research findings to nursing practice.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in North Carolina
• Minimum 1 year of Medical-Surgical nursing experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited school of nursing
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)
• Experience with point of care testing

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN or MSN from an accredited school of nursing.

Skills and Competencies

• Nursing process and clinical nursing skills
• Patient education and assessment
• Care coordination and planning
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Cost-effective care delivery
• Effective communication systems
• Safety promotion
• Cultural competence
• Task prioritization
• Research application
• Point of care testing
• Compliance with healthcare standards
• Discharge planning
• Commitment to professional growth and performance improvement

This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic hospital environment providing comprehensive care to medical-surgical patients.