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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 Cabarrus is a regional 457-bed, not-for-profit hospital in Concord, NC. More than 4,200 hospital employees provide services through an extensive inpatient and outpatient network, including Jeff Gordon Children's Center, Hayes Family Center and Batte Cancer Center, part of Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. Our Intensive Care Unit is a 40-bed unit.

Post Surgical Care III

• 20 bed unit

• Unit Set-Up: Pod System with 5-6 rooms per pod (Assignments are based according to acuity of patient, so RN may not always be assigned an entire pod of rooms)

• 3 progressive care beds utilized as needed and all RN’s go through ACLS training

• Primary Patient Population: Hepatobiliary Surgery

• Benign tissue growth in the liver, pancreas, bile duct or gallbladder

• Cancers of the liver, pancreas, bile duct or gallbladder

• Neuroendocrine tumors

• Gallstones

• Acute and chronic pancreatitis

• Infections or abscesses

• Portal hypertension

• Secondary Patient Population: Women’s Surgery

• Robotic Hysterectomies

• Mastectomies

• Pelvic Surgeries

Job Summary

Provides professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with policies and procedures under the supervision of the supervisor and manager. 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 age, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patients served.

Essential Functions

• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation.

• Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.

• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.

• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.

• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.

• Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.

• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.

• Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.

• Attains knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.

• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.

• Contributes to quality nursing practice.

• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.

• Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.

• Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.

• Evaluates one's own and other's nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.

• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible.

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. Additional department specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the department leader.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required; BSN preferred. BLS 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. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the department manager.

Atrium Health is one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations, connecting patients with on-demand care, world-class specialists and the region’s largest primary care network. A recognized leader in healthcare delivery, quality and innovation, our foundation rests on providing clinically excellent and compassionate care.

We’ve been serving our community since 1940, when we opened our doors as Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Since then, our network has grown to include more than 40 hospitals and 900 care locations ranging from doctors’ offices to behavioral health centers to nursing homes.

Our focus: Delivering the highest quality patient care, supporting medical research and education, and joining with partners outside our walls to keep our community healthy.