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RN Clinical Nurse II - Cardiac Intensive Care (CICU)
 UNC Health Care | |
$34.22 - $48.38 per hour
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relocation assistance
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 United States, North Carolina, Raleigh | |
| 2800 Blue Ridge Road (Show on map) | |
 Nov 06, 2026 | |
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Description Clinical Nurse II - Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) Full-Time | Night Shift | UNC Rex HealthcareJoin UNC Rex Healthcare's 20-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), providing specialized care to critically ill cardiovascular patients alongside a skilled, supportive team.Our unit cares for patients with complex conditions, including STEMI, advanced heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiomyopathy, and post-cardiac arrest needs.What You'll Do Deliver high-quality critical care to complex cardiovascular patients.Monitor and manage advanced therapies and changing patient conditions.Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to provide individualized care.Educate and support patients and families.Promote teamwork, professional growth, and clinical excellence.Qualifications Required:Current RN license.BLS and ACLS certifications.At least one year of acute care nursing experience.Preferred:Cardiovascular or critical care experience.Experience with IABP, Impella, CRRT, or TTM.Why UNC Rex? Supportive team and engaged leadership.Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.High-acuity cardiovascular experience.Commitment to teamwork and excellent patient care.Incentives Available Eligible candidates may qualify for:Up to $20,000 commitment incentive.Up to $25,000 tuition loan forgiveness.Up to $10,000 relocation assistance.Join the UNC Rex CICU team! Bring your passion for critical care and make a difference in the lives of patients and families. Apply today!Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.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:* Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program.* 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 certificationProfessional Experience Requirements:* One (1) year of nursing experience.Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTHEntity: UNC REX HealthcareOrganization Unit: Rex CICU 4HVWork Type: Full TimeStandard Hours Per Week: 36.00Salary Range:$34.22 - $48.38 per hour (Hiring Range)Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equityWork Assignment Type: OnsiteWork Schedule: Night JobLocation of Job: US:NC:RaleighExempt From Overtime: Exempt: NoThis 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 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. | |