RN Clinical Nurse II- Surgical/Trauma Critical Care Unit Night Shift
Listed on 2026-07-11
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Nursing
ICU Nurse
Description
The Surgical Trauma Critical Care Unit (STCCU) is located in the new state‑of‑the‑art North Carolina Surgical Hospital. It is a fast‑paced, Level 1 Trauma certified, Beacon Gold Award for Excellence designated, 40‑bed unit specializing in the care of critically injured trauma and surgical patients. The unit serves a variety of surgical patients in addition to trauma, including transplant, plastics, oncology, obstetrics, gynecology, gastrointestinal, and orthopedics.
Teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration are hallmarks of this unit while providing expert “Carolina Care” to the patients and families we serve.
- Excellent Nurse‑to‑Patient Ratios: 1:2 or 1:3
- Supportive
Schedule:
Three 12‑hour shifts per week (36 hours), with day/night/weekend rotations - Collaborative Team:
Work alongside a highly skilled, compassionate care team dedicated to providing optimal patient outcomes
STCCU is currently accepting applications for experienced candidates with an interest in working a night shift schedule of 7pm‑7am. This is a 36‑hour a week position, with an excellent benefits package and incentives for eligible applicants.
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SummaryProvides 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- Identify and meet personal learning needs
- Attend education programs based on identified learning needs
- Use patient education materials relevant to the patient population
- Assess readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers
- Assess developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn
- Identify expected patient outcomes
- Seek guidance as needed in revising the plan of care
- Participate in discussion with interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care
- Communicate relevant information to promote continuity of care
- Demonstrate competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population‑appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care
- Perform bedside point‑of‑care testing as required for patient care plan
- Utilize healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in delivery of care
- Organize and prioritize care according to patient/family needs
- Consult with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or high risk for discharge planning
- Develop goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations with assistance
- Achieve goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiate with supervisor
- Be knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration
- Participate in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities
- Use communication systems effectively
- Promote cost‑effective care
- Give feedback to co‑workers
- Be aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the healthcare environment
- Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all
- Recognize data from complex situations to determine priorities for care
- Include appropriate physical, psychosocial, education, and safety needs
- Synthesize assessment data into a meaningful whole before communicating to others
- Assess and anticipate discharge needs of individual patients and families
- Develop relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs
- Collaborate with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care
- Use available multidisciplinary resources in planning care
- Use full range of communication to convey planning
- Identify and address cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care
- Prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems
- Read journals that…
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