Registered Nurse Cardiac Stepdown
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
You'll care for telemetry, post-op cardiothoracic surgery and structural heart patients on the Cardiac Stepdown unit.
Posted Aug 17
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour shift, 7pm to 7am · nights Schedule: 7pm-7am, Night shift, Full-time
- Unit and setting
- Cardiac Stepdown · Hospital Patient population in this unit includes telemetry monitored, post-operative cardiothoracic surgery and structural heart patients.telemetry, post-op cardiothoracic surgery and structural heart patients
- License
- RN license Licensure/Certification: Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.Current RN license in the appropriate state
- Term
- Permanent Schedule: 7pm-7am, Night shift, Full-timeFull-time
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current RN license in the appropriate state Licensure/Certification: Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.
- Education
- Graduate of an accredited nursing school Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
- Also asks
- Board-approved refresher course if RN license is inactive, retired or lapsed 5+ years and not licensed in another state in the last 5 years
Preferred
- Education
- BSN preferred Education: 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred.
- Experience
- 1 year of relevant experience Experience: One year relevant experience, preferred.
What it pays
- Bonus
- Relocation up to $7,500 Relocation up to $7,500!
Benefits
- Relocation Assistance
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- a-line care
- Day to day
- BiPAP
- Day to day
- trach care
- Day to day
- temporary epicardial pacemakers
- Day to day
- Blake drain care
- Day to day
- chest tube care
- Day to day
- drips
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Telemetry One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
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What We Offer
Relocation up to $7,500!
Schedule
- 7pm-7am, Night shift, Full-time
- Department: Cardiac Stepdown
- Location: Forsyth Medical Center – Winston Salem, NC
Come join the unit with the hisotrically high patient satisfaction scores at Forsyth! Patient population in this unit includes telemetry monitored, post-operative cardiothoracic surgery and structural heart patients. The care the Registered Nurse provides and the skills the Registered Nurse will utilize will include maintaining a-lines, BIPAP, trachs, temporary epicardial pacemakers, Blake drains, chest tubes, and drips.
Remarkable Care. Remarkable Careers.
Come join a remarkable team where quality care meets quality service, in every dimension, every time.
What We're Looking For
Education
4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. If your RN nursing license has been inactive, retired or lapsed for five years or more and you have not been licensed in another state during the last five years, successful completion of a Board approved refresher course is required prior to reactivating or reinstating your license. In order to be considered for current licensure status, you must apply for reinstatement within one year of completing the refresher course.
Experience
One year relevant experience, preferred. Licensure/
Certification
Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.
What You'll Do
The Registered Nurse serves as a leader of the healthcare team at Novant Health by establishing an authentic personalized relationship with the patient and their chosen support system, collaborating with physicians and other team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate an individualized plan of care that promotes optimal health or supports a peaceful death. The Registered Nurse utilizes best scientific evidence and compassion to assist the patient in navigating their health journey. The Registered Nurse accepts responsibility, authority, and accountability for management and provision of care in accordance with the current policies and procedures.
If your RN nursing license has been inactive, retired or lapsed for five years or more and you have not been licensed in another state during the last five years, successful completion of a Board approved refresher course is required prior to reactivating or reinstating your license. In order to be considered for current licensure status, you must apply for reinstatement within one year of completing the refresher course.
What's around it?
Winston-Salem, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 6% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,087/mo
- Household income
- $59,268/yr, all local households, not nurse pay