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$ Sign-On Bonus Eligible
Charlotte, NC, United States
Job ID: 111733
Job Family: Nursing
Status: Full Time
Shift: Night
Job Type: Regular
Department Name: 11011005030311-Nursing - 9B Neuro Intermediate
Overview
This position is Sign-on Bonus eligible. In addition to the sign-on bonus, new teammates at Atrium Health are eligible for robust benefits packages and paid time off.
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the Southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC serves as the region’s only Level 1 trauma center and is an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas and liver. We also serve as one of North Carolina’s 5 Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serve as a regional campus for Wake Forest University School of Medicine, based in Winston-Salem, NC.
9B Neuro Cardiac Intermediate Team:
With a diverse culture of skill levels, 9B offers growth and advancement at all levels. Whether you're a new nurse graduate looking to boost your nursing career and move into ICU later, or an experienced nurse ready for opportunities to lead and teach others, our Neuro Cardiac Intermediate unit has something for you. This is the only hospital in this area that performs craniotomies. 9B works with brain surgeons regularly as this is a major specialty on this unit.
We are much like a family on 9B. Encouragement and support are always offered to one another without hesitation. With only 1 traveler on the team, our nursing staff here is in it to win it, as a family, so you always have someone to lean on when needed.
9B Neuro Cardiac Intermediate Unit Specifics: is a 19 bed unit, with 6 high acuity beds and 13 telemetry beds. This unit serves a diverse patient population with complex cardiac & neurological needs. Our progressive population can include increased oxygen requirements, advanced medication management, and increased neurological assessment standards. Cardiac and neuro patient populations merge to include patients with cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac work up for chest pain, cardiac catheterization along with post-craniotomy patients for brain tumors and stroke patients. Many of our patients are recovering from severe critical illnesses and require frequent monitoring and nursing interventions, complex care coordination, and intensive rehabilitation needs by physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Due to the high acuity of the progressive bed patients, the typical nurse to patient ratio is 1:3, with a 1:4 ratio for telemetry beds.
Job Summary
The RN Clinical Nurse I provides professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies procedures, and/or protocols under the supervision of the nursing leader. Assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.
Essential Functions
Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required.
Education, Experience and Certifications.
Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred. Current Basic Life Support required per policy guidelines. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works.