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Join our One Great Team! We have opportunities for Registered Nurses across North Carolina, from the mountains to the coast.

About UNC Health:

UNC Health has been named by Forbes one of America’s Best Employers for Women.  The top 400 companies made the list, including 35 hospitals and healthcare systems. We are also Forbes’ top-ranked healthcare system employer for women in the entire Southeast and #10 overall!

Also, did you know that FORTUNE has recognized UNC Health as One of America’s Most Innovative Companies? Click here to read more!

Our nurses are leaders in quality care, knowledge experts in diverse specialty fields, and innovators of visionary solutions to the many challenges professional nurses face today. Our opportunities for advancement, collaboration with Shared Governance, and recognition of staff accomplishments are all meant to support our nurses in providing complete care for patients and families.

Explore our nursing opportunities and learn how you can lead, teach, and care at UNC Health.

UNC Health for Me:

Learn how UNC Health is supporting teammates, both personally and professionally, throughout their journey with UNC Health. "UNC Health for Me" is UNC Health's commitment to teammates from recruitment to retirement that includes ways we welcome, engage, develop, care for, include, and value our teammates. As part of our ONE UNC Health initiative, "UNC Health for Me" employs strategies to strengthen our world-class team and ensure we achieve our mission. Watch the video here to learn more.

Nursing Incentives:

*Select RN Clinical Nurse (I, II, III, IV) positions across our health system qualify for new hire incentives. Incentives can include up to a $20,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 in tuition loan forgiveness. In addition, RN Clinical Nurse (I, II, III, IV) positions are eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (amount based on location) and our teammate referral program. Learn more about our incentives across the UNC Health system here!

Hiring Events:

Interested in attending one of our upcoming hiring events? Be sure to RSVP and check out our listing of hiring events here!

UNC Health Facilities:

We have full time, part time and per diem positions available at the following UNC Health facilities:

· UNC Health Caldwell (Lenoir, NC)

· UNC Health Chatham (Siler City, NC)

· UNC Hospitals - UNC Medical Center - Main Campus (Chapel Hill, NC)

· UNC Hospitals - Hillsborough (Hillsborough, NC)

· UNC Hospitals – Youth Behavioral Health Hospital (Butner, NC)

· UNC Health Johnston (Smithfield, NC and Clayton, NC)

· UNC Health Lenoir (Kinston, NC)

· UNC Health Nash (Rocky Mount, NC)

· UNC Health Pardee (Hendersonville, NC)

· UNC Physicians Network (various Physician clinic locations across the state of NC)

· UNC Health Rex - Main Hospital (Raleigh, NC)

· UNC Health Rex Holly Springs Hospital (Holly Springs, NC)

· UNC Health Rockingham (Eden, NC)

· UNC Health Wayne (Goldsboro, NC)

Benefits and Total Rewards:

UNC Health proudly offers employees, and their families, comprehensive benefit programs (State and NC Health) for both full time and part time positions. This includes a generous Total Rewards & Benefits package, advancement opportunities, access to system-wide wellness centers, career growth/career development resources, and much more.

Employment at UNC Health is so much more than just a job. We're focused on your health, your wealth and your career. We realize incentives and benefits are an important part of your workplace journey.

The financial rewards of working for UNC Health go far beyond a paycheck. At UNC Health, the average value of benefits represents 35% of an employee's overall total compensation.

UNC Health proudly offers employees, and their families, comprehensive benefit programs that are flexible in design, providing for varying levels of coverage, offering voluntary supplemental programs and personal tax advantages whenever possible.

In addition to traditional benefits, you can benefit from the many extras like academic assistance and discounted memberships around the community.

View this page for more detail on the benefits we are happy to offer our teammates!

Job 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.

Job 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 affecting the health care environment. Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.

5. 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 communication to others. Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families. Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.

6. Planning - Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.

7. Research - Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

Education Requirements:

Graduation from a school of professional nursing.

If hired after January 6, 2014, must be enrolled within four years of employment, and obtain a Bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a Master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of employment date.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Professional Experience Requirements:

One (1) year of nursing experience.

Learn more about our Nursing opportunities here!