RN Clinical Nurse II - GI Multispecialty Surgery Clinic

Clinical Nurse II

This position qualifies for the UNC Hospitals RN Incentive Program, offering a $10,000 incentive.

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Summary: Looking for a nursing role that offers meaningful patient connections, a supportive team environment, and an excellent work-life balance? UNC Health's Multispecialty Surgery Clinic is seeking an experienced and compassionate Clinical Nurse II to join our growing team.

In this role, you'll provide direct patient care, support minor in-office procedures, educate patients and families, and collaborate closely with surgeons, advanced practice providers, and interdisciplinary team members across multiple surgical specialties.

Why Join Us?

Monday-Friday schedule with no weekends, holidays, or call Collaborative, team-focused culture Meaningful patient relationships and continuity of care Diverse surgical specialties including GI, Burns, General Surgery, Cardiac, Vascular, Plastics, and more Professional growth opportunities within UNC Health Competitive benefits and retirement package

What You'll Do

• Provide nursing care in a fast-paced ambulatory specialty clinic
• Perform assessments, wound care, and patient education
• Assist with minor procedures and treatments
• Support quality improvement initiatives
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation

We're Looking for Someone Who Is

• Passionate about patient-centered care
• Team focused
• Excellent at building relationships with patients and colleagues
• Organized, adaptable, and collaborative
• Interested in surgical specialty nursing and outpatient care
• Committed to continuous learning and professional growth

Join UNC Health and make a difference every day while enjoying the stability and balance of a clinic-based nursing career.

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.