RN - Musculoskeletal & Trauma Stepdown 2023 Start dates

Company: Duke Health
Location: Burlington
Posted on: November 25, 2022

Job Description:

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! -Clinical Nurse I or II (RN) - Duke University Hospital - Multiple Shifts ( Days or Nights or Rotating) -Duke University Health System- Duke University Hospital seeks to hire a New Grad or an Experienced Registered Nurse who will embrace our mission of Advancing Health Together. -Duke Orthopedics/Spine/Musculoskeletal Inpatient Services:The Duke Musculoskeletal Trauma unit 11 DCT is a study in teamwork! With our primary population being musculoskeletal disorders and trauma, we collaborate every day with multiple interdisciplinary team members like our ever present APPs, as well as dieticians, stress management, acute pain service, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. We take intermediate and stepdown patients, and our most common stepdown patients transfer to us from the SICU (surgical intensive care unit). Our trauma patients provide us so many amazing opportunities to go above and beyond for our patients! Many of them are struggling on many levels with the unexpected life event that brought them to us, and we can provide extremely valuable emotional support and education to ensure their success and healing when they leave 11DCT. We excel in wound care, pain control, mobilization, and navigating complex care plans. The most gratifying thing about working with orthopedic and trauma patients is that by the time they discharge-whether after a day or a month-it is very easy to see how far they have come due to our excellent care. -Work Hours & Shifts: Full Time: 0.9 FTE, Three 12 hour shifts per week. (Multiple shifts available, Day or Night or Rotating) - Choose the one that works best for your life. -Job Summary: -As a Clinical Nurse with Duke University Health System, you will make providing service your priority while caring for the whole person in a patient-centered atmosphere. The Clinical Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing and supervising direct and indirect total nursing care responsibilities and utilizing the nursing process (assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating) in achieving the goals of the nursing department. Plan and provide advanced and/or specialized nursing care for patients in guided by DUHS Professional Practice model participate in the clinical ladder program, educational activities, departmental committees, research projects, or other health-related projects as assigned. Provide nursing services to patients and families in accordance with the scope of the RN as defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing. Adheres to all rules and regulations of all applicable local, state and federal agencies and accrediting bodies. Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all. -Knowledge, Skills, Education, and Experience Required: - - - - - - Previous work experience (1+ years) as a clinical nurse is required for Clinical Nurse II. - - - - - Graduation from an accredited Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (or higher), Associate's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma program is required.All registered nurses without a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (or higher) will be required to enroll in an appropriate BSN program within two years of their start date and to complete the program within five years of their start date -Licensure, Certification, or Registration Required: - - - - - Current registration with the North Carolina State Board of Nursing as a registered professional nurse OR current compact RN licensure to practice in the state of North Carolina required. - - - - - BLS (or higher) certification required. - - - - - Professional specialty certification (preferred). -Pre-employment Physical Capacity Testing Required: - Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. - Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values. - Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department. -

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