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Benefits Eligible:
Hours Per Week:
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Full-Time night shift every third weekend required
Pay Range
$38.20 - $57.30Thisposition is Sign-on Bonus eligible
Where You Will Work:
Working on the Age- Friendly Unit means joining a team that is committed to providing excellent caretoour geriatric patients. Our patients are typically 65 and above and we provide our care centered around the4Ms- What Mater Mentation Medication and Mobility as those are pivotable components to providing quality inpatient care to all our patients. Caring for our Med/ Surggeriatric patients can include anything from GI respiratory diabetes cardiac or infectious complications while stable enough to be on a medical unit. Through providing exceptional care to our patient demographic it also gives our nursing team an immense amount of knowledge to constantly continue learning throughout their career. We value team involvement for Professional Governance to have bedside nurses opinions heard at the hospital level as well as our Unit Coordinating Council which is a unit level meeting held once a month whereyouvoice can be heard to change unit practices and concerns. We also encourage teammates who would like to continue their learning and further education in the pursuit of Clinical Ladder Advancement Professional Certifications and strive to nurture aunitculture of teamwork commitment integrity and caring.
Our 28- bed Age- Friendly Unit offers groundbreaking4Mswork to our geriatric patient population which includes theutilizationof Exercise Physiologist whichworkwith our patients to ensure mobilization as well as preventing deconditioning while hospitalized. We also have a dedicated Geriatric Pharmacist who reviews medications on all our patients to ensure they are given the best medicinal plan possible to prevent delirium while admitted and ensure there are no better options for the medications they take every day even outside of the hospital setting. We also have Geriatric APPs and a Gerontologist whoattendour Interdisciplinary Rounds and can be consulted on our patients and can contribute a specialized medical opinion for our geriatric patients.
ExpectationsWereLooking For:
Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing
Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association
WhatYoullDo:
As a skilled and compassionate RN you will play a pivotal role in providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe therapeutic carein accordance withestablished standards policies and procedures.
Using evidence-based practice clinical decision making compassion and skills communication while leading efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.
About This Location:
Atrium Health Cabarrus is a 457-bed tertiary care facility serving Cabarrus Mecklenburg and surrounding counties. As a designated Level III Trauma Center we provide comprehensive emergency services and a wide range of specialty medical care. We are proud to hold disease-specific certifications in Stroke Epilepsy Spine Bariatrics and Chest Pain Center care.
Our hospital has earned recognition for excellence including awards for our Geriatric Emergency Department ANCC Pathway to Excellence designation and being nameda Best Hospitalfor Nurses.
Clinical Units & Specialties
Maternity Center
High-fidelity birthing simulator for staff training
27-bed Mother Baby Unit offering couplet care and family-centered services
Age-Friendly Unit
Implements the4Msframework to deliver evidence-based care for older adults enhancing patient experience
Cardiovascular Services
State-of-the-artsurgical tower with expanding procedures and new cardiovascular surgeons
Medical-Surgical Services
Intermediate Care Unitlocatedon PSC3 and Neurosciences
Surgical Servicesdesignatedas an ASMBS Surgery Center of Excellence
Additional Programs & Support Services
Professional Governance Empowering clinical decision-making and leadership
Teammate Advisory Board Fostering collaboration and continuous improvement
Behavioral Response Team (BRT) One of only two designated teams in the region responding to patients with escalating behaviors
Vascular Access Team 24/7 expert support for complex IV insertions PICC lines and specialized procedures
Academic Partnership Strong collaboration with Cabarrus College of Health Sciences to support education and workforce development
Be the Nurse Who Redefines Care.
Our CommitmenttoYou:
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:
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About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
Required Experience:
IC
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