RN New Graduate Nurse- Abdominal Transplant/Urology/Plastic Surgery Acute Care

New Graduate Rn Opportunity

New graduate RN needed for the Abdominal Transplant/Urology/Plastic Surgery Acute Care Unit at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC. This position is 36 hours/week, with day/night and weekend rotation, with flexible self-scheduling. This position qualifies for an excellent benefit package, as well as incentives to eligible applicants.

The Transplant Acute Care Unit is a 15-bed unit dedicated to caring for patients who require abdominal organ transplantation. Each year, we perform over 125 kidney, pancreas, and liver transplants. Care is also provided to medicine patients awaiting transplantation giving our staff the rare opportunity to care for patients through every step of the journey from pre-transplantation to post-transplantation and recovery.

Our transplant program is certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and is one of the most accomplished and dedicated transplant teams in the region. The Kidney Transplant Team was recently named number one in the United States for one-year survival rates in its patients. We strive to improve clinical outcomes through education, research, and clinical medicine.

In addition to abdominal transplant, we partner in the care of surgical urology patients. Our team leads North Carolina in robotic surgery and cancer care. We also care for high-risk plastic surgery patients requiring reconstructive grafts and surgery related to tissue injuries. These patients have complex wound management needs, which our expert staff manages.

Transplant 5 West Strengths: Our nursing staff works exceptionally well with the interdisciplinary team to provide high-quality and compassionate care to our patients. We have an outstanding team that is dedicated to doing what is best for our patients, families, and each other. There are many opportunities to learn and professionally develop within the constantly evolving world of abdominal transplantation, surgical urology, and plastic surgery.

This opportunity is for a new grad nurse who is currently in their final semester of nursing school or who have graduated from nursing school within the past 12 months of the anticipated start date and have worked as an RN for less than 6 months. It is expected that applicants will have their RN license and be able to practice in North Carolina prior to the first day of employment.

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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 include education, evaluation of care, implementation, leadership, patient assessment, planning, and research.