Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit - Surgical

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit - Surgical
Location Available: Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Duration: 3 Months+ Contract (With Possibilities of Extension)

Department of Nursing?: Yes
Shift: Nights
Shift Details: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
FTE: 0.9
On-Call Required?: No
Weekends Required?: Yes; Every Other Weekend (EOW)
Holidays Required?: Yes; Every Other Holiday (EOH)
Interview Type: Auto Offer
 
Schedule Notes:

• 2+ years of Trauma Level 1 ICU experience required

 
Process Level Department Description:
Client Medical Center — Surgical ICU — The Surgical Trauma Critical Care Unit, located in the new North Carolina Surgical Hospital, specializing in the care of critically injured trauma and surgical patients. This unit serves a variety of surgical patients in addition to trauma to include, but not limited to, transplant, plastics, oncology, obstetrics, gynecology, gastrointestinal, and orthopedics.
 
Process Level Department Compliance:

• Required: RN License, BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

 
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:

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

Preferred Education:

• BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

 
Certifications & Licensure:
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).
• ACLS and NIHSS.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure: N/A
 
Hours:

• Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Hours Per Day: 12.00
• Days Per Week: 3.00