RN New Graduate Nurse - Nephrology Acute Care Job Chapel Hill area,North Carolina USA,Healthcare

Position: RN New Graduate Nurse - Nephrology Acute Care - March/April

Description

UNC Medical Center is hiring New Grad Nurses to join our Acute Medicine Team on 3 West!

3 West Acute Care currently supports patients with Nephrology and Cardiology Unit Specialties. Starting June 2026, the unit will comprise of Nephrology and General Medicine patients.

Anticipated

Start Date:

March/April

Current diagnoses include:

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
Post Renal or Heart Transplant
Chest Pain
Pre and Post Cardiac Catheter
Pacemaker/ AICD placement
Autoimmune/Connective Tissue Disorders

About the Unit:

Nurse/Patient Ratio: 1:5
25 bed unit

Schedule Expectations:

Day/night and weekend rotation
Flexible Self-Scheduling
36 hrs/wk

It is expected that candidates will be eligible to practice as an RN in North Carolina prior to their first day of employment.

This position offers excellent benefits including health & retirement plans as well as generous PTO accruals.

Please attach a cover letter describing your primary areas of clinical interest.

If you’re a current UNC Medical Center employee, you must apply as an internal applicant.

In order to qualify for the UNC Medical Center New Graduate Residency program, candidates must be currently in their final semester of nursing school or who have recently graduated from nursing school within the past 12 months of the anticipated start date and have worked as an RN for less than 6 months. This is a yearlong program supporting transition from academia to practice for new graduate nurses.

The program is layered on top of orientation to provide mentored clinical relationships which support development as a professional nurse.

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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 affecting the health care environment.

Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all

Patient Assessment - Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to…


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