RN - Clinical Nurse II - Medsurg
Company: Nurse.com
Location: Smithfield
Posted on: September 20, 2023
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Job Description:
Job Description
Description Become part of an inclusive organization with over
40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health
and well-being of the unique communities we serve.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.3rd
Floor Smithfield has 33 beds: Medical, Surgical and the potential
for pediatric patients. The pediatric patient may be an overnight
observation after surgery. We do not have a pediatric group as our
Hospitalists are adult only. We are primarily medical patients, and
the designated Covid unit if the patient does not require PCU or
ICU level care. We see patients with Pneumonia, Congested Heart
Failure, Abdominal Pain, Altered Mental Status, Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Hypertension, Hypotension, Diabetes, Shortness
of Breath, and so much more. We also provide after care for
patients that have gone down for a Heart Catheterization. Many of
our patients are on hemodialysis which is done in another unit in
the hospital - we take them to their HD and bring them back. We
take care of patients that have wounds and wound vacs. We do tube
feedings and tracheostomies. We really have the full spectrum of
medical diagnosis on our unit. We work 12 hour shifts: 0645-1915
and 1845-0715. Full time is considered three 12 hour shifts per
week. We ask that everyone makes themselves available every other
weekend although there are times when we can pull teammates off the
weekend to staff during the week, and we rotate this to be fair. We
have a Holiday schedule that is assigned when a teammate starts. We
alternate Holiday's to be fair. We have a designated charge nurse
on each shift. Depending on acuity assignments for RN staff may be
1:5-1:6. We have NA teammates with a 1:8-1:10 ratio to assist with
care. We are active in our Nurse Council. It is critical to get
feedback from the teammates doing the work at the bedside to
provide insight and feedback on how we can improve our processes.
We also have the mantra that "It Takes a Village" and we are "ONE
GREAT TEAM". We need to be able to work independently although we
MUST work together as a TEAM to provide the high level of care with
excellence that our patients deserve. We have a very strong TEAM on
3rd Smithfield.Other InformationOther information:Education
Requirements:* Graduation from a school of professional
nursing.Licensure/Certification Requirements:* Licensed to practice
as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.* Basic Life
Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certificationProfessional
Experience Requirements:* One (1) year of nursing
experience.Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:Job
DetailsLegal Employer: NCHEALTHEntity: Johnston HealthOrganization
Unit: 3rd Floor Work Type: Full TimeStandard Hours Per Week:
36.00Work Schedule: Day JobLocation of Job: US:NC:SmithfieldExempt
From Overtime: Exempt: NoThis position is employed by NC Health
(Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned
subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed
position. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to
their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected
veteran.UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants'
and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as
applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested
applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please
email [emailprotected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to
search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
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