Jobs in Valley, NC

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Looking for an experienced nurse to help lead our Surgical Oncology clinics.

Responsibilities will include but not limited to: • Managing multiple surgical oncology clinics • Administrative Duties • Staffing issues/concerns • Patient care • Quality Improvement • Education related to policy/procedure questions.

Preference will be given to candidates with surgical oncology experience and previous team lead or leadership experience.

Summary: This position is responsible for: ensuring that appropriate enjoy and services are available to patients and families, ensuring adequate and appropriate clinical staffing on each shift, supervision of nursing staff, HUC staff and utility aide staff, assistance with annual performance reviews of staff, participation in quality improvement initiatives to address identified patient safety or quality of care issues, providing and facilitating an environment conducive to staff continuing education needs, on-going unit-based educational needs and orientation of staff members.

Responsibilities: 1.

Patient Care
- Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to patients / clients and families.

Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning.

Ensures appropriate clinical staffing and skill mix for patient care.

Supervises team of professionals / paraprofessionals which may include nursing staff, health unit coordinators, nursing assistants and utility aides.

2.

Human Resource Services
- Effectively manages human resources.

Creates an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff.

Applies organizational policy and procedures in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff.

Provides staff with annual performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals.

Integrates scientific evidence regarding retention of nursing staff into unit planning.

3.

Budget Management
- Effectively uses clinical and financial information to establish and meet budgetary goals.

Implements strategies to increase revenue and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply, and equipment resources.

Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes.

4.

Accreditation Issues
- Ensures that internal and external regulatory standards or nursing practice are met or exceeded.

This includes organizational policy and procedures as well as state, JCAHO, Board of Nursing and other specified accreditating bodies.

Standards of practice will reflect integration of current scientific evidence.

5.

Customer Satisfaction
- Ensures high customer satisfaction.

Communicates patient satisfaction results, letters and comments to staff and leads monthly initiatives to improve consumer satisfaction with care and services.

Advocates for consumers within the organization, particularly for vulnerable or at risk populations.

6.

Quality Improvement- Leads and participated in quality improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care deficits 7.

Education-Creates an educational environment conducive to student learning, staff continuing education, and orientation of new staff members.

Accountable for annual competency evaluation of staff that ensures staff has the knowledge and skills to care for the specified patient population.

Other Information Other information: Education Requirements: ● Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: ● Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.

● BLS required Professional Experience Requirements: ● Eighteen (18) months of professional nursing experience in a tertiary care setting to include didactic and clinical experience in the area of assignment.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Medical Center Organization Unit: ENT Oncology Clinic Raleigh Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits.

If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.

Please email if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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Summary: Conducts procedures and tests using MRI equipment to acquire and analyze patient diagnostic data.

Responsibilities: 1.

Patient Identification- Uses professional manners and methods, verifies patient identification, obtains patient history, assists patients and family members that require extra attention, insures patient understanding whenever possible, and insures patient safety.

Verifies patient identification, asks and documents pregnancy status on patients of child bearing age.

2.

MRI Technology- Demonstrates knowledge of MRI and cross-sectional human anatomy.

Is competent in the operation of the MRI scanners, proficient in automatic injections of MRI contrast, disc drives, gateways, PACS and laser printers.

Maintains active status with ARRT or ARMRIT by accruing CE’s when needed.

Interprets protocols and selects appropriate scanning parameters, shares knowledge with fellow MRI technologists and uses technical knowledge to assist in actively trouble shooting problems with respect to equipment and protocols 3.

Contrast- Administers oral contrast to adult and pediatric patients according to protocols, establishes intravenous lines, administers IV contrast following safe and proper injection procedures, follows correct procedure to determine contrast eligibility, checks appropriate lab values before contrast injection per protocol.

4.

Image Transfer- Maintains thorough understanding of PACS, and transmits images to QC, UNCH’s EMR, EPIC and PACS, verifies and segments images at the QC station, accesses IMPAX service tools to verify images transmission, completes, modifies and/or cancels orders in an appropriate and timely manner, cancels duplicate orders to avoid duplicate billing.

Insures that all charge information is accurate.

Verifies patient identification in accordance with UNC policy, insures that all appropriate demographic information is accurate and on the PACS images.

5.

Other Duties- Performs task in a timely manner, runs the schedule creating a consistent workflow, volunteers to work on challenging tasks, difficult procedures and new research, produces quality diagnostic images, reviews patient's chart and reports for correlation, maintains a clean and orderly work environment, creates and keeps documentation of incidents as improvement opportunities for employees and the department.

Precept new employees and students Other Information Other information: Education Requirements: ● Completion of an accredited educational program in Radiological Science or completion within 3 months at time of application.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: ● Must be registered with the American Registry of Radiological Sciences, American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists or registry eligible.

For registry eligible candidates: must provide a copy of diploma from accredited program.

● Requires advanced certification in MR within one year of employment.

● Successful candidates must become registered within one year of employment and must maintain their registry status and continuing education requirements annually.

● All imaging specialists are required to maintain current competency in HCP BLS.

Professional Experience Requirements: ● Prior education, training and experience that provides the ability to perform the assigned tasks.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex MRI Work Type: Per Diem Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00 Salary Range: $30.73
- $44.18 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Variable Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System.

This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.

Please email if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

*This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes up to $20,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness.

In addition, this position is also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location) and our employee referral program.

Learn more about our UNC Rex Incentive Program here: 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.

3 West – General Medicine 3 West is a 31 bed, general medicine unit.

We care for a variety of medical patients with diagnoses that include COPD, diabetes, pneumonia, renal failure, minor neurological disorders, behavioral health, as well as many others.

We are that team who can develop young minds and provide a supportive, mentoring atmosphere.

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We offer online self-scheduling, exceptional night and weekend shift differentials, and co-worker input on holiday rotations.

We support education and work hard to be flexible for those co-workers in school.

Several of our bedside staff are masters prepared and 30% are Med/Surg certified nurses.

We have several trained preceptors who enjoy guiding co-workers through the learning process, helping to identify progress goals as well as adapting orientation to fit the experience and needs of their trainee.

Job Title: Clinical Nurse IV (CNIV) – Medical Inpatient Unit Department: Medical-Surgical Nursing Reports To: Unit Manager Shift: Nights Entity: UNC Rex: 3 West Location: Raleigh, NC Position Summary: The Clinical Nurse IV (CNIV) is an expert-level registered nurse who provides clinical leadership on a medical inpatient unit under the supervision of the Unit Manager.

This role encompasses direct patient care, as well as charge nurse responsibilities, patient advocacy, staff mentorship, resource coordination, and quality promotion projects.

The CNIV will join 3 West leaders to actively engage with staff to identify and remove patient care barriers and promote a healthy work environment as well as develop staff members by: · Assuming charge nurse responsibilities, managing patient flow, bed assignments, staff assignments, and real-time problem solving.

This role includes direct patient care assignments.

· Assist with crisis management, de-escalation, and complex decision-making in real-time patient care situations.

· Utilize administrative time to complete delegated leadership support tasks in collaboration with the Unit Manager.

· Provide on-the-job coaching and feedback to improve staff competency, confidence, and performance Why Join Us? Rex 3 West is a fast-paced, 31-bed complex medicine unit that cares for a diverse mix of patients.

As a Clinical Nurse IV, you'll be part of a team that values collaboration, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care.

You'll help shape the next generation of nurses and contribute directly to improving health outcomes for our most medically complex patients.

Some additional benefits you’ll enjoy include online self-scheduling and excellent night and weekend shift differentials.

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 feedback to Manager/Supervisor and Director to assist in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff.

Assists Nurse Manager by providing assigned staff with performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals.

Models and promotes behaviors that effectively give continual feedback to staff and colleagues.

Integrates best practice standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of practice.

5.

ASSESSMENT
- Synthesizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.

Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial and educational needs.

Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication with 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.

Works with manager to demonstrate specialization needs to serve the patient population.

6.

PLANNING
- Establishes and promotes standards of excellence for areas of responsibility and ensures consistent implementation by staff.

Provides input about trends related to program development, space needs and fiscal realities.

Ensures appropriate and adequate clinical staffing and skill mix to meet patient care needs on own shift and upcoming shift.

Effectively uses clinical and financial information to assist Nurse Manager to establish and meet budgetary goals.

Collaborates with Nurse Manager to implement strategies to increase revenue and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply and equipment resources.

Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes.

Assists Nurse Manager to ensure that internal and external regulatory standards are met or exceeded.

7.

RESEARCH AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
- Collaborates with Nurse Manager to evaluate research that is applicable to practice and promotes changes in standards of care as appropriate.

Guides research development and implementation.

Utilizes resources in asking research questions and applying appropriate research methods.

Shares knowledge with colleagues through publication, presentations or other means.

Develops, implements and evaluates new and creative approaches to meeting goals.

Leads, participates and promotes performance improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care opportunities.

Other Information Education Requirements: ● Graduate of Accredited Nursing Program.

Bachelor's degree (BSN) required.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: ● Must have NC RN Licensure and BCLS.

Professional certification relevant to the practice area and on the ANCC Magnet approved list within the probationary period of employment.

Professional Experience Requirements: ● Minimum of one year experience working as a licensed RN.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: ● Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret clinical information and technical procedures.

Ability to document clinical information.

Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions from patients, physicians, family members, and other Rex staff.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.

Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex 3 West Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Salary Range: $38.13
- $58.24 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Nights Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System.

This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.

Please email if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
*This position qualifies for a $15,000 commitment incentive which will be paid over a three (3) year work commitment.

Learn more about the incentive program here: Summary: Conducts procedures and tests using MRI equipment to acquire and analyze patient diagnostic data.

Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 5:00pm-5:30am Responsibilities: 1.

Patient Identification- Uses professional manners and methods, verifies patient identification, obtains patient history, assists patients and family members that require extra attention, insures patient understanding whenever possible, and insures patient safety.

Verifies patient identification, asks and documents pregnancy status on patients of child bearing age.

2.

MRI Technology- Demonstrates knowledge of MRI and cross-sectional human anatomy.

Is competent in the operation of the MRI scanners, proficient in automatic injections of MRI contrast, disc drives, gateways, PACS and laser printers.

Maintains active status with ARRT or ARMRIT by accruing CE’s when needed.

Interprets protocols and selects appropriate scanning parameters, shares knowledge with fellow MRI technologists and uses technical knowledge to assist in actively trouble shooting problems with respect to equipment and protocols 3.

Contrast- Administers oral contrast to adult and pediatric patients according to protocols, establishes intravenous lines, administers IV contrast following safe and proper injection procedures, follows correct procedure to determine contrast eligibility, checks appropriate lab values before contrast injection per protocol.

4.

Image Transfer- Maintains thorough understanding of PACS, and transmits images to QC, UNCH’s EMR, EPIC and PACS, verifies and segments images at the QC station, accesses IMPAX service tools to verify images transmission, completes, modifies and/or cancels orders in an appropriate and timely manner, cancels duplicate orders to avoid duplicate billing.

Insures that all charge information is accurate.

Verifies patient identification in accordance with UNC policy, insures that all appropriate demographic information is accurate and on the PACS images.

5.

Other Duties- Performs task in a timely manner, runs the schedule creating a consistent workflow, volunteers to work on challenging tasks, difficult procedures and new research, produces quality diagnostic images, reviews patient's chart and reports for correlation, maintains a clean and orderly work environment, creates and keeps documentation of incidents as improvement opportunities for employees and the department.

Precept new employees and students Other Information Other information: Education Requirements: ● Completion of an accredited educational program in Radiological Science or completion within 3 months at time of application.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: ● Must be registered with the American Registry of Radiological Sciences, American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists or registry eligible.

For registry eligible candidates: must provide a copy of diploma from accredited program.

● Requires advanced certification in MR within one year of employment.

● Successful candidates must become registered within one year of employment and must maintain their registry status and continuing education requirements annually.

● All imaging specialists are required to maintain current competency in HCP BLS.

Professional Experience Requirements: ● Prior education, training and experience that provides the ability to perform the assigned tasks.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex MRI Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00 Salary Range: $33.37
- $47.98 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Night Job Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System.

This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.

Please email if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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: Conducts procedures and tests using Computerized Tomography (CT) equipment to acquire and analyze patient diagnostic data.

Hours: Monday
- Thursday, 9:00pm-5:00am
*This position qualifies for a $15,000 commitment incentive which will be paid over a three (3) year work commitment.

Learn more about the incentive program here: Responsibilities: 1.

Patient Identification- Uses professional manners and methods, verifies patient identification, obtains patient history, assists patients and family members that require extra attention, insures patient understanding whenever possible, and insures patient safety.

Verifies patient identification, asks and documents pregnancy status on patients of child bearing age.

2.

CT Scans- Obtains images per protocols, manipulates images according to protocols, performs multi-planar and 3D reconstruction of image data, demonstrates a thorough knowledge of CT algorithms, and selects appropriate window and level setting according to anatomy.

3.

Contrast- Administers oral contrast to adult and pediatric patients according to protocols, establishes intravenous lines, administers IV contrast following safe and proper injection procedures, follows correct procedure to determine contrast eligibility, checks appropriate lab values before contrast injection per protocol.

4.

Image Transfer- Maintains thorough understanding of PACS, and transmits images to QC, UNCH’s EMR, EPIC and PACS, verifies and segments images at the QC station, accesses IMPAX service tools to verify images transmission, completes, modifies and/or cancels orders in an appropriate and timely manner, cancels duplicate orders to avoid duplicate billing.

Insures that all charge information is accurate.

Verifies patient identification in accordance with UNC policy, insures that all appropriate demographic information is accurate and on the PACS images.

5.

Other Duties- Performs task in a timely manner, runs the schedule creating a consistent workflow, volunteers to work on challenging tasks, difficult procedures and new research, produces quality diagnostic images, reviews patient's chart and reports for correlation, maintains a clean and orderly work environment, creates and keeps documentation of incidents as improvement opportunities for employees and the department.

Precept new employees and students.

Other Information Other information: Education Requirements: ● Completion of an accredited educational program in Radiological Science or completion within 3 months at time of application.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: Must be registered with the American Registry of Radiological Sciences or certified with the NMTCB(CT) or registry eligible.

For registry eligible candidates: must provide a copy of diploma from accredited program.

Successful candidates must become registered within two years of employment and must maintain their registry status and continuing education requirements annually.

All imaging specialists are required to maintain current competency in HCP BLS Professional Experience Requirements: ● Prior education, training and experience that provides the ability to perform the assigned tasks.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex CT Scan Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 34.00 Salary Range: $33.37
- $47.97 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Night Job Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System.

This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.

Please email if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

*This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Incentive Program, which includes up to $20,000 commitment incentive or up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness.
* In addition, this position is also eligible for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance (based on location) and our employee referral program.

Learn more about our UNC Rex RN Incentive Program here: 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.

UNC Rex 6 West is a 30-bed medical-surgical unit that specializes in the care of the orthopedic patient.

Our nurses provide exceptional post-surgical care to patients recovering from various orthopedic procedures and injuries in our fast-paced environment.

Common surgical procedures include joint replacement, total joint revision, various fracture repair procedures, and wound management.

The UNC Rex healthcare orthopedic program has been nationally recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review and U.S.

News & World Report Hospitals Ranking.

Our Hip and Knee Replacement Program is officially certified by the Joint Commission.

Nurses on 6 West utilize clinical expertise and teamwork to provide their patients with quality care in a collaborative work environment.

The interdisciplinary team includes physicians, physicians' assistants, physical and occupational therapists, case managers, and pharmacists to name a few.

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 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.

Other Information Other information: 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.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex 6 West/Orthopaedics Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00 Salary Range: $33.88
- $47.91 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Night Job Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System.

This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.

All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.

Please email if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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

Are you an experienced Surgical Technologist looking to specialize in Heart and Vascular surgery ? The UNC Rex Heart & Vascular Operating Room may be the perfect fit for you.

Our CVOR features five dedicated operating rooms for heart and vascular cases, and we performed over 1,400 cardiovascular surgeries last year .

Our CVOR offers an in-depth orientation for new hires, and we are proud of our highly skilled surgeons and perioperative team who deliver excellent, comprehensive, state-of-the-art care to every patient.

The CVOR Surgical Technologist is an integral member of the surgical team, responsible for maintaining a sterile field, anticipating surgeon needs, and assisting with instruments, supplies, and equipment throughout cardiovascular procedures.

Surgical technologists collaborate closely with surgeons, nurses, and anesthesia providers to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care in the operative setting.

Become part of UNC Rex , a five-time Magnet–designated hospital for nursing excellence , whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Our CVOR schedule is Monday through Friday, 0600–1630 , with call requirements for evenings, nights, and weekends.

Experience: Minimum 1 year as a Surgical Technologist required CVOR experience strongly preferred, including cardiac (CABG, valves, TAVR, ECMO, Impella) and vascular procedures (EVAR, TCAR) Summary: The Surgical Technologist III provides support for surgical and interventional cardiac and/or vascular cases, facilitating the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures, ensuring that the operating room environment is safe, that equipment functions properly, and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety.

Surgical technologists possess expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and combine the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.

Competent to perform surgical scrub duties across multiple services.

Must function as a subject matter expert (SME), PI project, or another unit project when needed.

Call is required to ensure emergent patient needs are met.

Responsibilities: 1.

Performs all the duties and responsibilities of Level II plus the following: 2.

Provides leadership at unit level to correct safety/clinical quality deficiencies.

Leads/implements changes at the unit level.

3.

Assists in the development of policies, procedures, and protocols at the department level 4.

Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.

5.

Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation.

Facilitates efficient room turnovers.

6.

Demonstrates knowledge and proper handling of surgical implants related to surgical specialty focus area.

7.

Demonstrates advanced knowledge and practice of aseptic and surgical technique.

Proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.

8.

Performs surgical counts.

Follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.

9.

Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.

Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.

10.

Actively participates in the planning and set up of instruments, supplies, and surgical drapes in an organized manner to provide optimal accessibility during the procedure.

Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.

11.

Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure.

Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.

12.

Recognizes and modifies scrubbing procedures based on pertinent information to develop modifications to standard approaches to care and communicates with the surgical team.

Responds to surgical emergencies and follows hospitalwide emergency management plans.

13.

Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of leadership.

Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment.

Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas.

Coaches team to anticipate resources.

14.

Mentors Surgical Tech peers in collaboration with leadership and educator.

Serves as primary preceptor for new hires, on the job trainees, and to scrub role for CVOR.

Participates in teaching, guiding, and evaluating the performance of peers during orientation and annual review process.

Identifies and communicates educational needs with leadership and educator.

Assesses department-wide learning needs and participates in planning activities to meet those needs.

15.

Serves as Primary Surgical Technologist resource for surgical specialty.

16.

Collaborates with other health care professionals in the development of surgical budgetary requirements.

When applicable, recommends cost containment strategies to increase organizational fiscal outcomes.

17.

Participates in data collection for research projects under the direction of an RN.

Other Information Other information: Education Requirements: ● High School Diploma or GED Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program; or Graduate of a Military Training Program in Surgical Technology; or Formal education/training may be substituted for individuals with 5 years of prior experience as a surgical tech Licensure/Certification Requirements: ● Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification ● Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or Tech in Surgery (TS-C) through The National Center of Competency Testing Professional Experience Requirements: ● 3 years Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: ● Successful completion of service specific portion of the UNC Health Surgical Technologist competencies.

● Strong communication skills/customer service relations ● Excellent organizational/priority setting skill.

● Ability to function effectively as a mentor & team player ● On-call (May be a requirement depending on the position).

Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex CVOR Work Type: Per Diem Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00 Salary Range: $26.85
- $38.61 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Variable Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System.

This is not a State employed position.

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