RN Clinical Nurse IV - Cardiac Medicine Intermediate Care

Description

Full-Time | Night Shift | UNC Health REX

Lead. Inspire. Make an Impact.

Join our 24-bed Cardiac Medicine Intermediate Care Unit at UNC Rex Heart & Vascular Hospital, caring for patients with complex cardiac conditions, including heart failure, dysrhythmias, and myocardial infarctions.

As a Clinical Nurse IV Team Lead, you’ll provide expert care, mentor nurses, coordinate unit operations, and promote clinical excellence.

Clinical Leadership Responsibilities (Approximately 70%)

• Provide evidence-based care to complex cardiac patients.
• Serve as Charge Nurse, coordinating assignments, patient flow, and safety.
• Support clinical decision-making and escalation of care.
• Mentor staff and promote teamwork and best practices.

Professional Practice & Leadership (Approximately 30%)

• Participate in shared governance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support staff education, competencies, and professional development.
• Advance evidence-based practice, patient experience, and patient safety.
• Partner with leadership to improve care quality and staff engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-5 years of Cardiac nursing experience.
• Strong clinical judgment, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Professional certification relevant to the cardiac practice area, from the ANCC Magnet-approved list, obtained within the probationary period of employment in Cardiac Services.

Incentives Available

Based on eligibility:

• Up to $20,000 commitment incentive.
• Up to $25,000 in tuition loan forgiveness.
• Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance, depending on location.
• Employee referral program.

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:

Serves as nursing Team Leader. Provides education, training, and oversight to assigned nursing staff.

Responsibilities:
1. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Coordinates, designs and implements educational programs to meet identified learning needs of staff, patients and families. Promotes and ensures staff participation in continuing education, orientation, competency, in-service and staff development offerings. Participates in development and implementation of competency initiatives. Serves as an area of specialty consultant in the design of educational programs. Participates in development of and provides clinical expertise for patient education materials.

Promotes professional growth of self and staff. Promotes a conducive environment for learning and provides educational experiences for students.
2. EVALUATION - Evaluates patient progress and revises plan accordingly. Maintains accountability for carrying out components of the plan. Works with manager to ensure care on unit is accordance with policies and procedures.
3. IMPLEMENTATION - Promotes an environment that values diversity, open communication, teamwork and exceptional service. Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to patients, clients and families for assigned shift. Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning to achieve desired patient outcomes. Coordinates care with interdisciplinary team members. Demonstrates and role models clinical expertise in specified patient population and shares expertise with other staff.

Promotes and ensures the use of the nursing process to provide quality patient care. Assesses and anticipates patient and family learning needs and organizes resources to ensure that they are met. Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
4. LEADERSHIP - Creates and promotes an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff. Provides…