Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care - $17-23 per hour
Company: UNC Health
Location: Carrboro
Posted on: October 29, 2024
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionUNC Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN)
Acute Care for a nursing job in Carrboro, North Carolina.Job
Description & Requirements
Are you ready to take your career to the next level in an
environment that values teamwork, clinical excellence, and
professional growth? Join our esteemed 28-bed Acute Care Trauma
Unit at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Here, we are
renowned for our excellence in teamwork, and provide unparalleled
opportunities for learning experiences that you won't find anywhere
else. Our patients, who are recovering from major traumatic events,
benefit from our commitment to helping them achieve their "new
normal" through comprehensive, compassionate care.Why Join Us?
Summary: Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a
hospital, clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is
under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or
physician.Responsibilities: 1. Assist physicians and other health
care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as
procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
2. In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality
orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy,
provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides
verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in
the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients,
facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the
therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that
emotional and safety needs of patients are met. 3. Observes,
collects, and documents patient information obtained while
providing care and promptly report significant changes in the
patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician. 4. Provides
assistance to patients and their families during admission to the
clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health
experience, and discharge 5. Provides care/ treatments to patients
as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the
measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection,
skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks,
simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage,
and supportive 11 patient and family interactions. 6. Provides
direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for
routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing,
feeding and assisting with ambulation. 7. Provides indirect care to
patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning
the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies,
cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/
specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and
students, and some routine clerical functions. 8. Reinforces
routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or
physician and document patient understanding of instructions.
Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients
and/or health care providers.Other InformationOther
information:Education Requirements: ● High School diploma or
GEDLicensure/Certification Requirements: ● Listed as Nursing
Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services. ● Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider
certificationProfessional Experience Requirements: ● Six (6) months
of relevant nursing assistant experience, which may include a
nursing assistant courseKnowledge/Skills/and Abilities
Requirements: ● Fluent in verbal and written English language and
able to develop basic computer skills.Job DetailsLegal Employer:
STATEEntity: UNC Medical CenterOrganization Unit: 5 Bedtower Work
Type: Full TimeStandard Hours Per Week: 36.00Salary Range: $17.00 -
$23.46 per hour (Minimum to Midpoint)Pay offers are determined by
experience and internal equityWork Assignment Type: OnsiteWork
Schedule: RotatingLocation of Job: US:NC:Chapel HillExempt From
Overtime: Exempt: NoThis is a State position employed by UNC Health
Care System. 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.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and
employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants
and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are
invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email if you need
a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career
opportunity.UNC Health Job ID #7870-93918. Posted job title:
nursing assistant i - trauma & acute care surgery unitAbout UNC
HealthUNC Health is an integrated health care system owned by the
state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. UNC Health is
committed to empowering health, not just health care. From Magnet
recognition to being named one of America's Best Employers by
Forbes Magazine, we're proud to say that our hard work is
consistently recognized, awarded, and celebrated.UNC Health and our
40,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina's Health Care
System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our
borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted
in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to
life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques
for the patients who rely on us.
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