RN Clinical Nurse II UNC Youth Behavioral Health Facility Dogwood Unit

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Are you passionate about challenges facing our young population behavioral health needs? If yes, opportunities are available to join our team who are making a difference in a young person’s life.

• Three options for commitment incentive ranging from 15K to 25K
• Relocation Assistance

• Safe work environment with security officers present in the facility who work collaboratively with the staff and patients
• Work alongside an interdisciplinary team committed to providing holistic care to our patients
• Opportunities for ongoing professional developmental growth

• RN with at least one year of work experience
• Experience in behavioral health nursing (pediatric or adult) strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of pediatric patients in need of crisis stabilization and behavioral/psychosocial needs
• Excellent communication and team skills

• 36 hours per week (considered full time)
• 12‑hour shifts with current need for night shift
• No rotating shifts
• Weekday and weekends (preferred scheduling)
• No on‑call

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We are seeking a Clinical Nurse II, preferably with strong clinical experience in adolescent mental health to work with a multidisciplinary team. The Clinical Nurse II will be working primarily on Dogwood, a 16‑bed unit comprised of pediatric patients in need of crisis stabilization, providing multidisciplinary treatment focused on addressing psychiatric, behavioral, medical, and psychosocial needs.

Youth Behavioral Health Hospital (YBH) is a 54‑bed, 24‑hour, locked psychiatric facility located in Butner, North Carolina. YBH philosophy is grounded in a milieu‑based, trauma‑informed and therapeutic setting. This facility aims to serve patients with a complex history, including aggression and psychosis. Safety is a key component of the care provided as well as the introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities.

Therapy services will work among a large interdisciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Nursing Services. There will be four units dedicated to serving children and adolescents with mental health diagnoses, dual diagnoses, substance misuse and complex behaviors, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and with autism spectrum disorder. The staff are to be cross trained on all of these units as one team.

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.

• Education – Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self; attends education programs based on identified needs; uses patient education materials relevant to the 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 to revise the plan of care; participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team to evaluate patient care; communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation – Demonstrates competence in caring for patients with complex problems, including population‑appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care; performs bedside point‑of‑care testing as required for the patient care plan; utilizes organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in delivery of care; organizes and prioritizes…