RN Clinical Nurse II - Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) Nurse

Experienced Nurses: Join Our New Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) Team!

We are excited to launch our new 13-bed Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) within our Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. This specialized unit provides advanced, life-saving care to critically ill infants, children, and adolescents with complex congenital and acquired heart conditions.

Our team is built on collaboration and expertise. You will work within a highly skilled and dedicated team in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment focused on delivery of exceptional and compassionate care to the most fragile patients.

We are deeply committed to creating a family-centered care experience, ensuring that patients and their loved ones are supported, informed, and cared for every step of the way.

As a PCICU nurse, you will:

• Provide specialized care for critically ill pediatric cardiac patients and families
• Receive cross-training to manage a broad range of pediatric medical and surgical cases
• Expand your clinical skills in a dynamic, high-acuity setting
• Receive paid didactic educational time enhancing Pediatric Cardiac knowledge

Schedule: 3 12hr shifts/week (36hrs/week), rotating between both night shift and day shift, along with weekend requirements

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.

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.