RN Clinical Nurse III - 5 HV Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care

Description

❤️🩹 NOW HIRING: Clinical Nurse III – Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) ❤️🩹

Are you a passionate critical care nurse looking to advance your career in a highly specialized cardiovascular environment? Join our expert team in the Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU), a 10-bed intensive care unit located within the Heart & Vascular Hospital. Here, you'll provide life-saving care to some of the most complex surgical and critically ill patients while working alongside a collaborative team dedicated to clinical excellence.

💙WHY YOU’LL LOVE OUR CSICU

Our CSICU offers a supportive, team-centered culture where nurses are empowered to develop advanced critical care skills while making a meaningful impact on patient outcomes every day.

Our unit specializes in caring for patients requiring:

• Postoperative Cardiothoracic Surgery Recovery

• Complex Vascular Surgery Recovery

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

• Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring

• Mechanical Circulatory Support

• Intensive Care Interventions for Critically Ill Patients

• High-Acuity Cardiovascular Critical Care

You’ll care for a diverse patient population ranging from young adults to geriatric patients, providing comprehensive critical care during some of their most vulnerable moments.

Care is delivered through a collaborative interdisciplinary team model that includes Clinical Nurses, physicians, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), pharmacists, respiratory therapists, perfusionists, care managers, chaplains, patient care technicians, and other specialized cardiovascular care team members committed to delivering exceptional patient outcomes.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Deliver comprehensive, evidence-based critical care to postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients

• Monitor and manage patients requiring advanced cardiovascular support therapies

• Provide care for ECMO and other specialized critical care interventions

• Assess, recognize, and respond rapidly to changing patient conditions

• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes

• Educate and support patients and families throughout the recovery process

• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice projects

• Mentor and support fellow nurses while fostering a positive team environment

WHAT MAKES OUR TEAM SPECIAL?

• Specialized cardiovascular critical care environment

• Supportive leadership committed to your success

• Strong teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration

• Opportunities to gain experience with advanced critical care technologies

• Professional growth and career advancement opportunities

• A culture built on compassion, excellence, innovation, and respect

WHY JOIN US?

• Specialized cardiovascular surgical critical care experience

• Opportunity to care for highly complex postoperative patients

• Professional development and advancement opportunities

• Collaborative interdisciplinary care environment

• Exposure to advanced critical care technologies and therapies

• Meaningful work that changes lives every day

Incentives Available

This position may qualify for the UNC Health REX Incentive Program, including opportunities such as:

• 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 thrive in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment and are passionate about providing exceptional cardiovascular critical care, we’d love to meet you!

📩 Apply today and become part of a team delivering extraordinary care to our most complex cardiovascular patients.

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:

The Clinical Nurse III practices at the level of a competent to expert practitioner of nursing, as defined by Benner, P. (1984). From Novice to Expert. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. The nurse at this level demonstrates competence in caring for patients with complex problems. In addition the Clinical Nurse III demonstrates clinical leadership skills through contribution to standards of care and unit goals. The Clinical Nurse III serves as a role model for other staff and a preceptor for new employees and participates in endeavors to increase nursing knowledge.

Responsibilities:

1. Assessment - Synthesizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial and educational needs. Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication with 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

2. Education - Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self and others. Participates in development and presentation of staff education programs geared to unit needs and staff level. Assists in development of, and utilizes patient education materials relevant to patient population.

3. Evaluation - Evaluates patient progress and revises plan accordingly. Maintains accountability for carrying out components of the plan.

4. Implementation - Demonstrates expertise in care of patients with complex problems, including appropriate physical, psychosocial and educational aspects of care. Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan. Provides direction in implementation of the plan and serves as a resource to other staff members. Utilizes hospital standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care

5. Leadership - Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Achieves goals and objectives within identified timeframe or renegotiates with supervisor. Participates in activities that facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration and serves as role model for nursing involvement. Functions as a consultant in various phases of the nursing process throughout the hospital. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. Participates in promoting cost-effective care. Models behaviors that effectively give feedback to coworkers. Incorporates awareness of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment into practice. Promotes a safe, clean environment.

6. Planning - Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Consistently makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Uses full range of communication means to convey planning. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Consistently demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.

7. Research - Reads journals that contain articles and studies that are applicable to practice and discusses their feasibility of implementation with others. With assistance, applies research findings to practice. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability. Assists with data collection in research being conducted in work area. Shares knowledge with staff.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

• Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.

• If hired after January 6, 2014, must be enrolled in an accredited program 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

• For positions at magnet hospitals, professional certification relevant to the practice area and on the ANCC Magnet approved list is required within the probationary period of employment.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• One (1) year of nursing experience.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex CSICU 5HV

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range: $35.94 - $54.96 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

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 [email protected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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.