UNC Health
Health system in Chapel Hill, NC
- $45k–$127k/yr posted pay across 35 roles
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 on 5+ roles
- Hiring days and rotating
- New grads welcome on 8+ roles
From 194 postings, the employer’s site and nurse reviews · Employer research Oct 9, 2026Sources
The short version
Across 44 of our postings, hourly pay runs a median of $34.22, with a floor of $20.11 and a ceiling of $41.45 depending on role and experience.
For experienced nursesSources
From employer postingsAs of 2026-10-09The largest sign-on bonus posted in this batch is $25,000, so ask early which units and shifts it actually attaches to.
If you are moving hereSources
From employer postingsAs of 2026-10-09Charting is in Epic, so if you have Epic hours behind you the first weeks are mostly learning local workflows rather than a new system.
For experienced nursesSources
From employer postings
Who it fits
Best fit
- New grads: 8 of the 48 roles on this page welcome new grads
- LPNs and LVNs: 2 of the 48 roles on this page accept an LPN or LVN
- Nurse practitioners: 2 of the 48 roles on this page are advanced practice roles
Nursing here
- Union representation
Non-union roles reported
From employer postings
- Charting system
Epic
From employer postings
Units hiring now
- ERRotating 2 · Nights 13 open
- PACUDays 2 · Rotating 13 open
- Urgent careDays 1 · Rotating 13 open
- ICUDays 1 · Nights 12 open
- Med surgNights 1 · Rotating 12 open
- ORDays 12 open
- PCICURotating 22 open
- PostpartumNights 22 open
- 3 east- acute care medicineRotating 11 open
- Cardiac obv unitDays 11 open
- Cardiac rehabDays 11 open
- Cath labDays 11 open
Emergency / Inpatient Units
NASH UNC Health Care · Rocky Mount, NC
Former and current registered nurses note high patient-to-nurse staffing ratios.
Sources
Workplace photos
What nurses say
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Shift bidding controversy
- Staff expressed dissatisfaction with an initiative to bid on premium extra shifts, feeling it lowered previous incentive rates and undervalued staff working in difficult conditions.
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- Staffing and workload pressures
- Employees praise coworker camaraderie and strong benefit packages but frequently voice frustration over understaffing, high patient loads, and management disconnects.
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The hard parts
Nurses on emergency and inpatient units report high patient-to-nurse ratios, and understaffing is the most repeated complaint in reviews.
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What to ask
- How is base pay set for the role, and which differentials apply?
- Which shifts are open, and what are the weekend, holiday and call rules?
- How long is orientation, and will I have one preceptor?
- What is the usual patient load, and how often do nurses float?
- Which hospital or site, and which unit, would I work on?
Common questions
Does UNC Health hire new grads?
8 of the 48 roles on this page welcome new grads.
Is there a sign-on bonus?
Yes, on 5 of the 48 roles on this page, up to $20,000.
Which shifts are open?
Of the 45 roles with a stated shift on this page, 22 are day shifts, 14 are rotating shifts and 9 are night shifts.
Which units are hiring?
ER (3), PACU (3), urgent care (3), ICU (2) and more.
How do I apply?
Choose a role and press Apply. Your application comes to our team, we send it to UNC Health, and we tell you what happens next.
Roles from UNC Health
- RN
- RN
- Day shift
- Urgent Care Knightdale
- RN
- Day shift
- RN
- 10-hour days
- Pre/PACU
- RN
- 10-hour shifts
Clinical Nurse III - Cardiac Obv Unit
Posted last week
- RN
- Work Schedule: Day Job
- NGH Cardiac Obv Unit
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- 12-hour days
- Tuition reimbursement
- RN
- Ratio 1:2–1:3
- Day Job
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Work Schedule: Variable
- UNCH Pre-Op/PACU ASC
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- Variable
- Tuition reimbursement
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- Night shift
- RHSH Critical Response Team
Care Manager Registered Nurse (RN)
Posted last week
- RN
- Day shift
- Compact license OK
Procedural Nurse (RN)
Posted last week
- RN
- Day Job
- Cardiovascular Diagnostics
- RN
- Day shift
- UNCH Urology Svcs Hillsborough
- RN
- Day shift
- UNCH GI Procedures
- RN
- Ratio 1:3
- Night shift
- RN
- Night Job
- RN
- 4- 10-hour shifts (6am-4:30pm) or 5- 8-hour shifts (6am-2:30pm)
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- Monday-Friday schedule with no weekends, holidays, or call
- RN
- Variable
- UNC Homecare Infusion Nursing
- RN
- Day Job
- Orthopedics
- LPN
- Variable
- UNC Health Urgent Care at Southeastern Health Mall
Licensed Practical Nurse
$22–$31/hr
- New grads welcomed
- LPN
- Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM with some On Call
- Home Health
RN Clinical Nurse II Telemetry Nights
$34–$48/hr
- RN
- Night Job
- Nursing 4 West Telemetry
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Rex Medical Surgical ICU
- RN
- Night Job
- Compact license OK
RN Clinical Nurse IV Behavioral Health
$39–$59/hr
- RN
- Night shift
- Behavioral Health IP
- RN
- Day Job
- CPH East Unit
- RN
- Full Time Nights, 7P - 7A
- APRN/RN
- Day Job
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Critical Care Unit
- APRN/RN
- Night Job
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Critical Care Unit
- RN
- 12-hour rotating
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU)
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Variable
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Childrens Services
- RN
- 12-hour rotating
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU)
- RN
- Work Schedule: Day Job
- CEU allowance
RN Clinical Nurse II
$34–$48/hr
- RN
- Day Job
- Urgent Care Knightdale
- RN
- Ratio 1:3
- Work Schedule: Night Job
RN Clinical Nurse II
$34–$48/hr
- RN
- Urgent Care Midtown Raleigh
- Per diem
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Day/night rotation and weekday/weekend rotation
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Day/night rotation / weekend rotation
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Rotating shift
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- 12-hour variable shifts; weekdays and occasional weekends
- Main Emergency Department
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- 12-hour nights
- Tuition reimbursement
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Rotating shift
- Transplant 5 West
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- glassdoor.com/Reviews/NASH-UNC-Health-Care-Reviews-E121384.htm
Nursing here, What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2026-08
- glassdoor.com/Reviews/UNC-Health-Reviews-E322749.htm
What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2026-10
- reddit.com/r/NorthCarolina/comments/1vd51m6/unc_health_is_going_to_make_their_nurses_bid_for
What nurses say · as of 2026-09
- theassemblync.com/news/health/healthcare/unc-health-bidshift-nurses-tech-platform-auction
What nurses say · as of 2026-09
- unclenoir.org
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