RN Clinical Nurse II - Holly Springs Labor and Delivery

Description

Calling All Labor & Delivery Nurses

Make a Difference in Maternal Care at UNC Health – Holly Springs Hospital!

Are you ready to help bring new life into the world in a supportive, community-focused environment? UNC Health – Holly Springs Hospital is seeking a full-time Clinical Nurse II to join our Labor & Delivery team. This is an exciting opportunity to provide compassionate, high-quality maternal care in a growing community hospital where every team member makes a meaningful impact.

About Our Unit

UNC Health – Holly Springs Hospital is proud to offer comprehensive, family-centered obstetric care in a modern, thoughtfully designed setting. Our Labor & Delivery unit includes:

7 private Labor & Delivery rooms
5-bed OB Emergency Department (OBED)
2 dedicated Operating Rooms
2 PACU bays

Each labor room is equipped with a labor tub and Nitrous Oxide capabilities, supporting a variety of pain management preferences and personalized birth experiences.

We collaborate closely with our Postpartum and Level II Nursery teams to provide seamless care from admission through recovery. Our OB Emergency Department evaluates obstetric concerns for patients greater than 16 weeks gestation through 6 weeks postpartum, and we typically care for laboring patients at 35 weeks gestation and above.

Collaborative, 24/7 Support

24/7 in-house OB provider coverage
Strong partnerships with OB/GYNs and Certified Nurse Midwives
Dedicated OB CRNA available around the clock for epidurals, spinals, and general anesthesia

Our team is committed to evidence-based, best-practice care in a close-knit environment where collaboration and communication are key.

What You Bring

Strong teamwork and communication skills
Ability to think critically and respond confidently in urgent situations
Commitment to patient- and family-centered care
Passion for supporting mothers and growing families during one of life’s most important moments

Why Join UNC Health – Holly Springs?

As part of UNC Health, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career while working in a community hospital setting that values connection, compassion, and clinical excellence. Here, your voice matters, your skills are valued, and your care makes a lasting difference.

Join our dedicated Labor & Delivery team at Holly Springs Hospital—where every birth is personal, and every nurse plays a vital role

This position qualifies for our Incentive Program, which includes a choice of a $10,000 or $15,000 Commitment Incentive or a Tuition Loan Forgiveness incentive up to $25,000. A recruiter may discuss our commitment incentives in further detail with you.

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 nursing care consistent with professional nursing standards. Responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities:
1. Maintains an environment of safety for patients, self and others and supports patient safety initiatives.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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 Accredited Nursing Program
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● NC RN Licensure
● ACLS
● BCLS
● NRP
Professional Experience Requirements:
● 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 Holly Springs Hospital

Organization Unit: HS Labor & Delivery

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range: $34.22 - $48.38 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:Holly Springs

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 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.

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