RN Clinical Nurse IV Team Leader - New Day Unit at UNC Youth Behavioral Health Facility

RN Clinical Nurse IV Team Leader

• New Day Unit at UNC Youth Behavioral Health Facility 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 100 West H Street, Butner, NC 27509 $38.51
• $58.82 an hour
• Full-time UNC Health 1,773 reviews $38.51
• $58.82 an hour
• Full-time Description 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. Seeking Clinical Nurse IV to join the UNC Youth Behavioral Health
• New Day Inpatient Unit Team!

We are seeking a Clinical Nurse IV, preferably with child and adolescent mental health experience, to join our multidisciplinary team. This position will primarily support New Day, a 15-bed inpatient unit serving adolescents in crisis with a variety of mental health diagnoses, but will be expected to work across all four units within the facility as needed.

Position Details:

Hours:

This is a 40 hour per week; 12-hour and 8-hour shift position; weekdays and weekends (preferred scheduling)

Entity:

UNC Medical Center Location:

Butner, NC What We Offer Eligible Candidates:

Commitment incentive Relocation assistance

Who We Are Looking For:

RN with at least 18 months of nursing experience; supervisory experience preferred Behavioral health nursing experience (pediatric or adult) strongly preferred Strong understanding of pediatric patients requiring crisis stabilization and behavioral/psychosocial support

Additional Requirements:

Comprehensive CV and Letter of Recommendation required for selected candidates Portfolio submission and approval required for internal candidates Youth Behavioral Health Hospital (YBH) is a 54-bed, 24-hour, locked psychiatric facility located in Butner, North Carolina. YBH philosophy is grounded in a milieu-based, trauma-informed and therapeutic setting. This facility aims to serve patients with a complex history, including aggression and psychosis. Safety is a key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities. Therapy services will work among a large interdisciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Nursing Services. There will be four units dedicated to serving children and adolescent with mental health diagnoses, dual diagnoses, substance misuse and complex behaviors, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The staff are cross trained on all of these units as one team. This position qualifies for an extensive benefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours. This position requires the ability to attend a weeklong hospital orientation in Chapel Hill, offered every two weeks in Chapel Hill, NC.

Orientation Schedule:

Monday and Tuesday

• In person from 8am to 5pm in Chapel Hill; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Virtual.

Summary:

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.

Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Nursing Practice

• 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. 2. 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. 3. HR Management

• 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. 4. Operational and Fiscal Management

• 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. 5. 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 Other information:

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a school of professional nursing.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

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

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification For positions at magnet hospitals, professional certification relevant to the practice area and on the ANCC Magnet approved list is required within the probationary period of employment.

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 preferably with charge and precepting experience in the area of assignment.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details Legal Employer:

STATE Entity:

UNC Medical Center Organization Unit:

YBH IP Unit C New Day Work Type:

Full Time Standard Hours Per Week:

40.00

Salary Range:

$38.51

• $58.

82 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type:

Onsite Work Schedule:

Variable Location of Job:

Butner:

NC:

27509

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.