New Graduate Registered Nurse

**Description** 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:** Ready to launch your nursing career and make a real impact from day one? As a New Graduate Registered Nurse (RN), you'll step into a supportive, hands-on environment designed to help you grow, learn, and thrive. With opportunities available across **multiple units** , you'll have the chance to find your best fit while gaining valuable experience in a dynamic healthcare setting. Through a structured orientation and mentorship program, you'll build confidence, strengthen your clinical skills, and develop into a well-rounded nurse. You'll work alongside a welcoming team of experienced nurses and interdisciplinary professionals who are invested in your success. Every shift is a chance to learn, connect, and make a difference for your patients and community. **Responsibilities:** + Administers patient care under the direction of a physician. Identifies and pursues expected patient outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team. + Reports and records the plan for care, nursing care given, and the patient's response to that care. + Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures. + 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. + Collaborates with peers in a clinical operations environment, including fostering intra/interdepartmental communication. + Synthesizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care, including appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families. + Communicates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care using cultural competency and active listening. Develops relationships with patients and their families that promote their ability to advocate for patient and family needs. + Develops clinical and operational excellence in self and in peers through education and training. + Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all, including the application of standard precautions and principles of infection control. + Ensures competency in all required skills and completes competency assessment annually per the documented competency checklist. Adheres to documented policies and processes as well as performing other related duties as assigned. + Administers patient care under the direction of a physician. Identifies and pursues expected patient outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team. + Reports and records the plan for care, nursing care given, and the patient's response to that care. + Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures. + 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. + Collaborates with peers in a clinical operations environment, including fostering intra/interdepartmental communication. + Synthesizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care, including appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families. + Communicates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care using cultural competency and active listening. Develops relationships with patients and their families that promote their ability to advocate for patient and family needs. + Develops clinical and operational excellence in self and in peers through education and training. + Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all, including the application of standard precautions and principles of infection control. + Ensures competency in all required skills and completes competency assessment annually per the documented competency checklist. Adheres to documented policies and processes as well as performing other related duties as assigned. + Frequent standing, walking, bending, and reaching. + Must be able to liftpush, and pull up to 50 pounds, including assisting with patient positioning and moving equipment + Ability to work onsite and travel in a reliable vehicle between assigned locations with predictable, reliable, and prompt attendance **Other information:** Some units may require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification prior to performing clinical care. Training and certification opportunities will be provided. Required + Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina or one of compact states by the day of clinical care. + Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Preferred + One (1) year of experience working in a registered nurse role in an acute care / inpatient hospital setting. Qualifications Some units may require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification prior to performing clinical care. Training and certification opportunities will be provided. Required + Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina or one of compact states by the day of clinical care. + Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Preferred + One (1) year of experience working in a registered nurse role in an acute care/ inpatient hospital setting. **Job Details** Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care Organization Unit: Pardee Pathways Program Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00 Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Variable Location of Job: PARDEEHOSP Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No 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. 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.