RN Clinical Nurse IV - Operating Room

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UNC Johnston has an innovative and efficient surgical program. We perform both inpatient and outpatient procedures on adult and pediatric populations. The Nurses and Surgical Technologists provide intraoperative care for a variety of service lines including Orthopedics, Ortho Spine, General, GYN, Robotics, Neuro, ENT, Vascular, Ophthalmology, and Endoscopy.

The Clinical Nurse IV practices at the level of an expert practitioner of nursing as defined by Benner, P. (1984). From Novice to Expert. Addison‑Wesley Publishing Company. The nurse at this level demonstrates expertise in caring for patients with multiple and complex problems. In addition to demonstrating clinical leadership on the unit, the Clinical Nurse IV serves as a resource and system‑wide consultant to staff and participates in endeavors to increase nursing knowledge.

The CN IV functions as a clinical leader.

• Clinical Nursing Practice – Promote an environment that values diversity, open communication, teamwork and exceptional service. Ensure that appropriate care and services are available to patients, clients and families for assigned shift. Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning to achieve desired patient outcomes. Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team members. Demonstrate and role‑model clinical expertise in specified patient population and share expertise with other staff.
  
  Promote and ensure the use of the nursing process to provide quality patient care. Assess and anticipate patient and family learning needs and organize resources to ensure that they are met. Perform bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
• Education and Professional Development – Coordinate, design and implement educational programs to meet identified learning needs of staff, patients and families. Promote and ensure staff participation in continuing education, orientation, competency, in‑service and staff development offerings. Participate in development and implementation of competency initiatives. Serve as an area of specialty consultant in the design of educational programs. Participate in development of and provide clinical expertise for patient education materials.
  
  Promote professional growth of self and staff. Promote a conducive environment for learning and provide educational experiences for students.
• HR Management – Create and promote an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff. Provide feedback to Manager/Supervisor and Director to assist in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff. Assist Nurse Manager by providing assigned staff with performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals. Model and promote behaviors that effectively give continual feedback to staff and colleagues. Integrate best practice standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of practice.
• Operational and Fiscal Management – Establish and promote standards of excellence for areas of responsibility and ensure consistent implementation by staff. Provide input about trends related to program development, space needs and fiscal realities. Ensure appropriate and adequate clinical staffing and skill mix to meet patient care needs on own shift and upcoming shift. Effectively use clinical and financial information to assist Nurse Manager to establish and meet budgetary goals.
  
  Collaborate with Nurse Manager to implement strategies to increase revenue and cost‑effectively manage personnel, supply and equipment resources. Evaluate the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes. Assist Nurse Manager to ensure that internal and external regulatory standards are met or exceeded.
• Research and Performance Improvement – Collaborate with Nurse Manager to evaluate research that is applicable to practice and promote changes in standards of care as appropriate. Guide research…