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| Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit | TheUNCSchool of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with theUNCHealth System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OURVISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers inNIHresearch funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments inNIHresearch funding.
OURMISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research. |
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| Position Summary |
ASIGN-ONBONUS$2500 ISAVAILABLEFORTHESUCCESSFULAPPLICANTFORTHISPOSITION
See eligibility for Sign-on Bonus below in the Special Instructions
The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute atUNC-CH is one of the medical research institutions working together as a national consortium to improve the way biomedical research is conducted across the country. The consortium, funded through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), shares a common vision to reduce the time it takes for laboratory discoveries to become treatments for patients, and to engage communities in clinical research efforts. The Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CTRC) is a program of the TraCS Institute within the home of theUNCSchool of Medicine. TheCTRCprovides both inpatient and outpatient clinical services to support a wide variety of research studies involving human subjects with an array of investigators representing the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, Nursing and others.
The primary purpose of this Registered Nurse position is to provide nursing services with a focus on the care of participants who volunteer for clinical research studies conducted primarily in an ambulatory setting. The RN will provide specialized, professional nursing care to research subjects for healthy volunteers and to those with unusual and distinctive medical problems according to federal regulations, Good Clinical Practice, and local and institutional polices. The RN will support study implementation within the context of care delivery settings such as in the NC TraCS’s Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) andUNCMedical Center as well as provide research on location services atUNCHeath clinics and hospitals, and the Schools ofUNC. The RN will provide management of clinical and research support activities in order to assure patient safety, address clinical needs and assure protocol integrity and accurate data collection. The RN will ensure the integrity of research data while maintaining care that is safe, efficient, timely, effective, equitable, compassionate and patient-centered.
Job Responsibilities: Care requirements will be determined by the scope of study participation, the clinical condition of the participant and the requirements and clinical effects of research procedures.
Duties will include but are not limited to: providing direct, individualized care to both adult and pediatric research participants who are participating in research protocols, phlebotomy and IV insertion, preparing and administering investigational medications, monitoring and observation, performing ECG’s, collecting and processing specimens, other data collection, providing direction and health teaching where applicable in relation to study protocol activities, reporting and recording care rendered, reporting the participant’s response to that care, charge nurse duties and contributing to the CTRC’s continuous quality improvement program including the training of non-licensed research personnel.
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| Minimum Education and Experience Requirements | License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina. |
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| Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience | - Must be able to work with a variety of people in a professional, effective, diplomatic manner and maintain effective communications with patients, health care personnel, staff, and others.
- Must be able to work independently, as well as function as part of a team.
- The position requires significant attention to detail and the ability to successfully balance multiple competing priorities.
- Candidate should be flexible, collaborative, and have a willingness to assist others whenever needed.
- Ability to maintain a positive, results oriented work environment, contributing positively to teamwork and morale.
- Ability to convey information clearly and concisely (both written and verbal).
- Current Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
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| Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience | - Experience working with human subjects in a clinical research setting.
- Experience working as a pediatric nurse.
- Possession of a variety of healthcare experience with an emphasis on medical-surgical nursing.
- Experience working atUNCMedical Center in a clinical care area.
- Experience with Epic (UNCHealth’s electronic medical record).
- Experience in the administration of biotherapy and/or investigational medication.
- Strong computer skills and have a working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Proficient in intravenous access and/or phlebotomy.
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| Required Licenses/Certifications | - The individual assuming this position must possess current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing with no restrictions or pending actions.
- Current Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
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| Special Physical/Mental Requirements | - Visual attention and mental concentration with or without accommodation is required at all times in this capacity due to the clinical nature of the work.
- Ability to remain in front of a computer for extended periods of time and the ability to move 30 lbs with or without accommodation.
- Ability to travel distances within the hospital, on campus, and to offsite locations for research on location functions with or without accommodation.
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| Campus Security Authority Responsibilities | Not Applicable. |
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| Position/Schedule Requirements | Clinic – UNCH or ACC, Evening work occasionally, Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, Exposure to Hazardous Materials, Laboratory, On-call occasionally, Overtime occasionally, Patient care involved, Rotating shifts occasionally, Shift work occasionally, Valid NC Driver’s License, Weekend work occasionally |
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| Special Instructions | **ELIGIBILITYFORSIGN-ONBONUS
Qualified applicants must be selected from the candidate pool of this posting and meet the State policy following requirements:
A newly hired permanent full-time or permanent part-time (more than 20 hours a week) employee is eligible for a sign-on bonus (this will be prorated for employees working more than 20 hours and less than 40 hours per week).
An employee is not eligible for a sign-on bonus if: 1. The employee has held aSHRAposition in North Carolina State government, including the judicial system, or the University of North Carolina system within the last 12 months (the employee shall remain ineligible for 12 months from the separation date); 2. The employee has previously received a sign-on bonus from any North Carolina State agency or university; or 3.UNC-CH has paid any contract placement or recruitment fees.
ThisSHRASign-on Bonus is contingent upon budget and final eligibility determination as of the effective date of hire. All recipients must sign the Pay Back Agreement form. Additional information regarding theSHRASign-on Policy can be foundhttps://oshr.nc.gov/policies/sign-and-retention-bonus-policy. |
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| Quick Link | https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/298659 |
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