RN Clinical Nurse II - 7 HV Cardiac Medicine

Description

Are you passionate about cardiac nursing and looking to grow your career in a high-acuity intermediate care setting? Join our 24-bed Cardiac Medicine Unit, where you'll care for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions while working alongside an exceptional interdisciplinary team committed to delivering outstanding patient care.

Located on the 7th floor of the Heart & Vascular Hospital, the 7HV Cardiac Medicine Intermediate Care Unit provides specialized care for adult and geriatric patients with complex cardiac conditions and multiple co-morbidities who require a higher level of monitoring and nursing expertise.

This is the perfect unit for nurses who enjoy critical thinking, cardiac medicine, and working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Our patients include those with:
Heart Failure

Dysrhythmias

Myocardial Infarction

Pre- and Post-Cardiac & Vascular Procedures

Complex Medical Patients with Significant Cardiac Histories

Each patient room is equipped with advanced GE bedside cardiac monitoring and bedside workstations for efficient electronic documentation and real-time patient monitoring.

You'll work alongside an outstanding interdisciplinary team that includes:

Clinical Nurses

Physicians

Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)

Clinical Pharmacists

Care Managers

Chaplains

Patient Care Technicians

Unit Secretaries

Specialized Telemetry Technicians providing continuous rhythm surveillance through the Telemetry Command Center

Deliver comprehensive, patient-centered care to adult and geriatric patients with complex cardiac conditions

Assess, monitor, and manage cardiac rhythms, hemodynamics, and patient response to treatment

Care for patients before and after cardiac and vascular procedures

Safely administer cardiac medications, drips, and evidence-based therapies

Recognize subtle changes in patient condition and respond quickly to prevent clinical deterioration

Collaborate closely with physicians, APPs, pharmacists, and the interdisciplinary care team

Educate patients and families on disease management, medications, lifestyle modifications, and discharge planning

Participate in quality improvement initiatives, professional development, and mentorship opportunities

Positive, collaborative team culture

Supportive leadership committed to your success

Exposure to a diverse and complex cardiac patient population

Strong interdisciplinary partnerships

Opportunities for career advancement and specialty certification

State-of-the-art Heart & Vascular Hospital equipped with advanced technology

A culture rooted in teamwork, excellence, and continuous learning

Current RN License

BLS Certification

At least one year of acute care nursing experience

Cardiac, Progressive Care (PCU), Stepdown, Telemetry, or Medical-Surgical nursing experience

Strong cardiac assessment and rhythm interpretation skills

Excellent critical thinking and communication abilities

Passion for cardiovascular nursing and lifelong learning

Desire to provide exceptional patient-centered care

Specialized cardiac medicine patient population

Career growth and clinical advancement opportunities

Collaborative interdisciplinary team

State-of-the-art Heart & Vascular Hospital

Leadership that invests in your professional development

This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes:

Up to $20,000 commitment incentive (based on eligibility)

Up to $25,000 in tuition loan forgiveness (based on eligibility)

Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location)

Employee referral program

If you're looking for an opportunity to expand your cardiac nursing expertise while making a meaningful impact on patients' lives, we'd love to meet you.

Apply today and become part of the exceptional cardiovascular team at UNC Rex!

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

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:
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.
* Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
Professional Experience Requirements:
* One (1) year of nursing experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex 7 HV/Cardiac Unit

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range:$34.22 - $48.38 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Night Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This 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 race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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 applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.