Registered Nurse - Operating Room - Duke University Hospital

Duke University Hospital

Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

 

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

 

Registered Nurse (Experienced) – Duke University Hospital –  Operating Room - Durham 

  

* Newly Hired RNs (with at least one year of Nursing experience) will be eligible to receive a $15,000 commitment bonus that will be paid out over 24 months.  

*** Relocation bonus available ***  

*** The unit is also eligible for up to $25,000 student loan forgiveness from your first Nursing degree ***  

 

 10-15% OR RN premium added to base pay depending on specialty area 

 

Duke University Health System seeks to hire a Clinical Nurse II who will embrace our mission of Transforming Lives Transforming Care. 

 

Specialty areas include Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, and Cardiothoracic Operating Room 

• Cardiothoracic: The Cardiothoracic Unit at Magnet-designated Duke University Hospital has excellent opportunities for CTOR RNs to join our interdisciplinary team. Among the world’s most comprehensive and respected heart programs, Duke Heart has pioneered many milestones that are now global standards of cardiac care.  Our patients’ high survival rates, the number of heart procedures we perform and our comprehensive support services explain why we’ve been a top 10 program for the last 20 years. 
• Orthopedics: Duke Orthopedics Surgery Department has pioneered several surgical breakthroughs, including novel fracture repairs and advanced surgical techniques. We helped develop commonly used ankle, shoulder, and elbow joint prostheses. Our surgical success is based on decades of ongoing Duke research. 
• Pediatrics: Duke pediatric general surgeons correct birth defects, remove tumors, repair hernias, and treat traumatic injuries in children from birth through adolescence. Duke is one of the few hospitals in the U.S. verified as a Level I children’s surgery center by the American College of Surgeons. This Level I designation recognizes our commitment to providing the highest-quality surgical care to our young patients. 
• Neurosurgery: Duke neurosurgeons and brain cancer specialists offer the latest advances in medicine and neurosurgery. Our special programs focus on treating brain tumors, as well as tumors in the head and neck, epilepsy, movement disorders, cranial nerve dysfunction syndromes, peripheral nerve injuries, pain, and more. Duke neurosurgeons are expertly equipped to perform deep brain stimulation, LITT surgery, awake brain neurosurgery, awake spine surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, computer-assisted brain surgery, and minimally invasive brain and spine surgery, which leaves few and sometimes no scars. 

 

*Varied Day and Evening Shifts Available

  

Job Summary: 

As a Clinical Nurse with Duke University Health System, you will prioritize providing service while caring for the whole person in a patient-centered atmosphere. The Clinical Nurse (RN) provides and