RN GI Surgery

Company:  Integrated Resources, Inc
Location: Chapel Hill
Closing Date: 19/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description


Facility-Location-Unit-Description:
UNC Hospital-Adult Acute Care Surgery-6 Memorial - GI Surgery and Surgery Oncology Acute-28-bed acute care inpatient unit. Our interdiscipl-related illnesses. Extensive complex wound management is given throughout the course of hospitalization. PICC line care administration of TPN anticoagulation. Ratio is 1 to 5.
Min. Pay Rate:

Max. Pay Rate:

Department of Nursing?:
Yes

Shift:
Days
Shift Details:
7A-7P

FTE:
0.9
On-Call Required?:
As Needed

Weekends Required?:
Yes; EOW
Holidays Required?:
Yes; EOH

Duties:
Job 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.

Essential Duties:

-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.

-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.

-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.

-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.

-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.

-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.

-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.

Skills:
Required Skills & Experience:

-One (1) year of nursing experience.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

-N/A

Education:
Required Education:

-ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Preferred Education:

-BSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

-Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.

-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

-N/A

Languages:

English
Read
Write
Speak

Certifications & Licenses:
BLS

Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina

Registered Nurse

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