ICU Registered Nurse
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Medical Center

Job Opportunity: RN - Intensive Care Unit

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing
Contract Length: 9 weeks

Job Summary

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

Essential Duties

• Participate in ongoing education to meet learning needs.
• Use patient education materials and assess patient/family readiness and developmental level.
• Identify expected patient outcomes and participate in care plan evaluation and revision.
• Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team members to promote continuity of care.
• Demonstrate competence in caring for 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 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.
• Assess and anticipate discharge needs, and develop relationships with families to support advocacy.
• Collaborate with patients/families and multidisciplinary resources in care planning.
• 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 1 year of experience in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), including Trauma ICU experience
• Experience working with Level 1 Trauma patients within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC)
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited school of nursing

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Notes

• Prior travel experience is not specified as required.
• Specialty years of experience required: 1 year (as stated).