Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro Spine - Nights

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About Duke Raleigh Hospital, A Campus of Duke University Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with the Duke Raleigh Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been part of Duke Health since 1998 and has served Wake County for more than 35 years. Duke Raleigh Campus features 204 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive array of services, including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care.

Duke Raleigh Hospital, A Campus of Duke University Hospital - South Pavilion 3700 (Ortho. Neruo. Spine) seeks to hire a New Grad or Experienced Registered Nurse (RN) who will embrace our mission of Advancing Health Together.

The team at this time is considering applicants with any amount of RN experience. 

 

Full Time: 3x12 Rotational - Night shift. 

7p-7a shift available.

 

Relocation assistance provided for eligible candidates.  

 

 

Unit Summary:

Located at Duke Raleigh Campus's new South Pavilion, 3700 is a Ortho/Neuro Spine and Neuro Stepdown Unit consisting of 32 inpatient beds. The team has Commitment to Zero Harm of their patients, and this is executed through their dedication to providing exceptional patient care and customer service. The typical patient population is post-operative spine, both ortho-spine and neuro-spine, and patients who have been diagnosed with a stroke and/or neurology related procedure. Although the unit specializes in adult patients, they also care for a specific population of pediatric adolescents who undergo spine surgery. South Pavilion 3700 occasionally absorbs overflow orthopeadic joint surgical patients and general medicine patients.

 

Work Hours & Shifts:

• 12-hour shifts (7A to 7P Days)

 

 

General Description of the Job Class

Independently plan and provide professional nursing care for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures. Provide nursing services to patients and families in accordance with the scope of the RN as defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• Plan, provide, supervise and document professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures. Use professional nursing judgment to individualize the plan of care based on assessment of the patient's baseline needs and response to care.
• Delegate tasks and supervise the activities of other licensed and unlicensed care providers.
• Assist other nursing personnel in the delivery of nursing care and act as team leader or charge nurse for a group of patients or an entire unit as assigned.
• Monitor and initiate corrective action to maintain the environment of care including equipment and material resources.
• Participate in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate assistance or educational offerings.
• Act as preceptor and support the development of other staff and formal learners.
• Participate in the identification of clinical or operational performance improvement opportunities and in performance improvement activities.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

 

Required Qualifications at this Level

 

Education:    

Work requires gradu