RN Clinical Nurse II - Cardiac Intensive Care; CICU

Description

Full-Time | Night Shift | UNC Rex Healthcare

Join UNC Rex Healthcare's 20-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), providing specialized care to critically ill cardiovascular patients alongside a skilled, supportive team.

Our unit cares for patients with complex conditions, including STEMI, advanced heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiomyopathy, and post-cardiac arrest needs.

• Deliver high-quality critical care to complex cardiovascular patients.
• Monitor and manage advanced therapies and changing patient conditions.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to provide individualized care.
• Educate and support patients and families.
• Promote teamwork, professional growth, and clinical excellence.

Required:

• Current RN license.
• BLS and ACLS certifications.
• At least one year of acute care nursing experience.

Preferred:

• Cardiovascular or critical care experience.
• Experience with IABP, Impella, CRRT, or TTM.

• Supportive team and engaged leadership.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
• High-acuity cardiovascular experience.
• Commitment to teamwork and excellent patient care.

Eligible candidates may qualify for:

• Up to $20,000 commitment incentive.
• Up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness.
• Up to $10,000 relocation assistance.

Join the UNC Rex CICU team! Bring your passion for critical care and make a difference in the lives of patients and families.

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:

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:
1. Education - Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self. Attends education programs based on identified learning needs. With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population. Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers. Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
2. Evaluation of Care - Identifies expected patient outcomes. Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care. Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care. Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
3. Implementation - Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care. Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan. Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care. Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs. Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
4. Leadership - With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor. Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. Participates in promoting cost-effective care. Gives feedback to co-workers. Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines…