Cardiothoracic ICU RN
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Medical Center

Job Opportunity: RN - Intensive Care Unit (Cardiothoracic)

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

Job Summary

Provide competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards in a hospital setting. Responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care using the nursing process, reporting to Nurse Manager/Director.

Essential Duties

• Participate in identifying and meeting own learning needs; attend education programs.
• Use patient education materials relevant to the patient population with assistance.
• Assess patient/family readiness to learn and developmental factors affecting learning.
• Identify expected patient outcomes and participate in care plan evaluation and revision.
• Communicate relevant information 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 timely for complex care issues or discharge planning.
• Develop professional growth goals with assistance and participate in unit goals and performance improvement.
• Promote intra/interdepartmental collaboration and cost-effective care.
• Provide feedback to co-workers and 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 to prepare or update care plans, addressing cultural and ethnic issues.
• Prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Engage in research by reading relevant journals and contributing ideas/questions to staff.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience.

Education

• Nursing Diploma OR
• ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Licensure & Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in North Carolina.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Prior Travel Experience

• Not specified / not required.