RN Clinical Nurse II - Clinical Decision Unit

Clinical Nurse Clinical Decision Unit (CDU)

Fast-paced care. Meaningful impact. Better balance.

Why the CDU?

Join our 8-bed Clinical Decision Unit , located within the Emergency Department. The CDU provides short-term treatment and close monitoring for patients with an average 16-hour stay and ~80% discharge rate .

It's an opportunity to provide meaningful care from admission through discharge while building your emergency and acute care skills in a more structured environment.

What You'll Do

• Provide focused, short-term patient care from admission to discharge
• Complete assessments, interventions, and evaluations
• Collaborate with providers using evidence-based protocols
• Strengthen your ED, acute care, and critical thinking skills

Who We're Looking For

• Compassionate, clinically strong nurse who enjoys critical thinking
• 12 years of ED, acute care, or intermediate care preferred
• Telemetry experience preferred; training available
• CDU experience is a plus, but not required

? Schedule

• Day Shift & Night Shift option 24 hours/week
• 12-hour shifts
• Rotating holidays

Why Join Us?

• 1:4 Nurse-to-Patient Ratio
• Clinical Growth & Cross-Training Opportunities
• Fast-Paced Care with More Structure & Predictability

Ready for a nursing role where your skills are valued and your impact is visible every day? Join our CDU team and grow your emergency nursing career!

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:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.