RN New Graduate Nurse - ENT/Neurosurgery Acute Care Unit - 7 Neuroscience - UNC Medial Center
Company: UNC Health Care
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: August 1, 2022
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Job Description:
Description New Graduate RN needed for the ENT/Neurosurgery
Acute Care Unit at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC. This is a
36 hours/week, day/night and weekend rotation, with flexible
self-scheduling and an extensive State benefit package. Attaching a
resume showing your clinical rotations with the hours of those
rotations, as well as a cover letter indicating your primary area
of clinical interest is strongly encouraged. The ENT/Neurosurgery
Acute Care Unit is a 24-bed unit caring for patients who are
primarily post-operative. The ENT patient population typically
present with head and neck malignancies, often requiring
glossectomies, radical neck dissections, free and rotational flaps,
thyroidectomies, tracheostomies, and laryngectomies. Our
Neurosurgery patients typically present with brain and spinal
injuries, brain tumors, and stroke. Our team prides itself on
leading the way in patient care through collaboration, compassion,
competence, and continuous encouragement. Through interdisciplinary
partnerships and a strong focus on sustaining a positive, healthy
work environment, we consistently provide excellent,
patient-centered Carolina Care. Working on this unit will provide
you opportunities to utilize many skills including, but not limited
to, drains, airway care, nasogastric/gastric tubes, foley catheters
and much more. Our unit has received two consecutive Gold Beacon
Awards for Excellence. The AACN created the Beacon designation to
recognize individual units that have set a path to excellence in an
effort to highlight units that distinguish themselves in every
facet of patient care. Recipients of a Beacon designation
demonstrate excellence in sustained unit performance and patient
outcomes. For the new graduate nurse, we provide a nurturing and
supportive environment tailored to the individual learning needs of
each new team member. By frequently communicating with the new hire
and preceptor throughout the precepting period, we help ensure you
have the skills and support you need to thrive. Our experienced
preceptors, many who have been new graduate nurses on the unit
themselves, help facilitate and encourage active mentoring and
social outings with fellow new graduate nurses. We also provide
ample educational and professional growth opportunities. This
opportunity is for new graduate RN s who are currently in their
final semester of nursing school or who have graduated from nursing
school within the past 12 months of the anticipated start date and
have worked as an RN for less than 6 months. It is expected that
applicants will have their RN license and be able to practice in
North Carolina prior to the first day of employment. New Graduate
Nurses are part of the UNC Medical Center Residency Program (NRP).
This program is a yearlong program supporting transition from
academia to practice for new graduate nurses. The program is
layered on top of orientation to provide mentored clinical
relationships which support development as a professional
nurse.
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 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 by the day of clinical care.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
No prior experience required.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Job Details Legal Employer: STATEEntity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: 7 Neurosciences Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00Work Schedule: RotatingLocation of
Job: US:NC:Chapel HillExempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Keywords: UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill , RN New Graduate Nurse - ENT/Neurosurgery Acute Care Unit - 7 Neuroscience - UNC Medial Center, Healthcare , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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