Licensed Practical Nurse - GI Multispecialty Surgery Clinic

Description

This position qualifies for the UNC Hospitals RN Incentive Program, offering a $5,000 commitment incentive.

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Summary:

Looking for a nursing role that offers meaningful patient connections, a supportive team environment, and an excellent work-life balance? UNC Health's Multispecialty Surgery Clinic is seeking an experienced and compassionate Licensed Practicing Nurse II to join our growing team.

In this role, you'll provide direct patient care, support minor in-office procedures, educate patients and families, and collaborate closely with surgeons, advanced practice providers, and interdisciplinary team members across multiple surgical specialties.

Why Join Us?

Monday-Friday schedule with no weekends, holidays, or call

Collaborative, team-focused culture

Meaningful patient relationships and continuity of care

Diverse surgical specialties including GI, Burns, General Surgery, Cardiac, Vascular, Plastics, and more

Professional growth opportunities within UNC Health

Competitive benefits and retirement package

What You'll Do

Provide nursing care in a fast-paced ambulatory specialty clinic

• Perform assessments, wound care, and patient education
• Assist with minor procedures and treatments
• Support quality improvement initiatives

We're Looking for Someone Who Is

• Passionate about patient-centered care
• Team focused
• Excellent at building relationships with patients and colleagues
• Organized, adaptable, and collaborative
• Interested in surgical specialty nursing and outpatient care
• Committed to continuous learning and professional growth

Join UNC Health and make a difference every day while enjoying the stability and balance of a clinic-based nursing career.

Responsibilities:

1. Contributes to the development and maintenance of a current, individualized, goal-oriented plan of care and consults with other health professionals to assure that the assessed needs of patient/caregiver are met.
2. Observes, assesses, documents, and reports patient response to treatments/therapies and teaching, and adjusts priorities of care according to patient/caregiver needs. Collects, documents, and reports (to responsible MD or RN) data regarding patient's biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge planning needs.
3. Participates in unit, service, and/or department enrichment activities which contribute to positive outcomes such as assigned committees, CQI activities/groups, and the orientation and education of other personnel.
4. Provides a broad range of treatments/therapies to patients including, but not limited to, respiratory treatments, Oral/NG/NT suctioning, and tracheostomy care, administration of medications, observation of cardiac monitors, respirators, etc. and reporting of any changes, assistance to physician with special procedures, monitoring of intravenous infusions, performs point of care testing, performs routine laboratory work, changing/irrigating catheters, specialized sterile dressings, and patient/caregiver teaching based upon the established teaching plan.
5. Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge.
6. Provides support to patients and families. Verbally de-escalates frightened or potentially aggressive patients. Facilitates age-appropriate coping strategies for patients.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Licensed to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in the state of North Carolina. Requires BLS.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* No prior experience required.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: UNCH GI Multispecialty Surgery Clinic

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$21.62 - $31.07 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

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 applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.