Registered Nurse (RN) - Full-time Day shift

Select Specialty Hospital

Durham, North Carolina

Select Specialty Hospital is a specialty hospital.

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted Aug 27

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour days
Unit and setting: ICU
License: RN licenseValid State Registered Nurse (RN) License
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

License: Valid State Registered Nurse (RN) License
Certification: BLS is required at hire.
Certification: ACLS is required within 6 months of hireAfter hire · within 6 months

Preferred

Experience: Clinical experience Preferred Qualifications: Clinical experience

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What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for North Carolina staff rolesNorth Carolina staff postings that state pay run $30/hr to $56/hr, the middle half $36/hr to $48/hr, across 879 postings.
Sign-on bonus: $10,000

Benefits

BSN Scholarship
Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education
Student Debt Benefit Program
PTO
Medical/RX Insurance

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Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Matching
Life Insurance
Disability Protection

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Position: Registered Nurse (RN) Location: Durham, NC (6th floor of Duke Regional Hospital)

Schedule

Full-Time Days - 7:00 am to 7:30 pm

Compensation

$39.38 to $53.00 per hour, based on experience

Sign-On Bonus: $10,000

Select Specialty Hospital Durham is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives - and Registered Nurses (RNs) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.

Start Strong: Extensive and thorough Registered Nurse (RN) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting. Advance Your Career:100% company-paid scholarship (BSN), tuition reimbursement, and continuing education. Elevate Your

Skills

Clinical ladder program and certifications such as PCCN and CCRN. Ease the Burden: Student Debt benefit program. Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care Receive admissions and/or transfers to the unit Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment Timely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately Competence in Rapid Response and code events Instruct and counsel patients/families Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Valid State Registered Nurse (RN) License BLS is required at hire. ACLS is required within 6 months of hire

Preferred Qualifications

Clinical experience

What's around it?

In Durham, NC

Durham, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 2% below the US average

Median rent: $1,508/mo
Household income: $81,619/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Durham, NC

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals often land near Duke and downtown. Downtown Durham and American Tobacco offer loft apartments in converted tobacco warehouses, walkable restaurants and breweries, with 1-bedrooms averaging $1,456 versus $1,390 citywide; Central Park adds converted-warehouse living by the farmers market, and Campus Hills is also flagged for renters. Old West Durham has older bungalows by Ninth Street shops and Duke's East Campus; Old North Durham has early-1900s houses and downtown walks. Southside/St. Teresa is the affordable close-in buy (3-bedroom listings around $322,000 as of July 2026), while Hope Valley is the premium wooded-lot golf-course suburb (4-bedrooms around $1,274,000). Parkwood offers lakeside ranches with Research Triangle Park access; Trinity Park, Duke Park, Woodcroft, and Treyburn also come up for buyers. Bahama, Rougemont, and Oxford are suggested for country living with commutes under 30 minutes. Only Downtown, Central Park, and the Ninth Street stretch are truly walkable.

Nurses and young professionals often land near Duke and downtown. Downtown Durham and American Tobacco offer loft apartments in converted tobacco warehouses, walkable restaurants and breweries, with 1-bedrooms averaging $1,456 versus $1,390 citywide; Central Park adds converted-warehouse living by the farmers market, and Campus Hills is also flagged for renters.

Old West Durham has older bungalows by Ninth Street shops and Duke's East Campus; Old North Durham has early-1900s houses and downtown walks. Southside/St. Teresa is the affordable close-in buy (3-bedroom listings around $322,000 as of July 2026), while Hope Valley is the premium wooded-lot golf-course suburb (4-bedrooms around $1,274,000).

Parkwood offers lakeside ranches with Research Triangle Park access; Trinity Park, Duke Park, Woodcroft, and Treyburn also come up for buyers. Bahama, Rougemont, and Oxford are suggested for country living with commutes under 30 minutes.

Only Downtown, Central Park, and the Ninth Street stretch are truly walkable.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: raleighrealty.com

Getting aroundMost of Durham needs a car. GoDurham buses mainly serve central neighborhoods and converge downtown; only Downtown, Central Park, and Ninth Street in Old West Durham are truly walkable. From downtown, Triangle office parks including Research Triangle Park are about 20 minutes, closer to 35 at rush hour. Street parking downtown is metered and fills on Durham Bulls and DPAC nights, so a garage spot with an apartment is worth asking about. Old West Durham and Duke-adjacent streets shorten the trip to Duke University Medical Center, the city's healthcare anchor; Hillsborough is an easy Durham commute for a smaller-town base. Traffic and limited transit are consistent local complaints, and neighborhoods a few minutes apart can mean very different drives.

Most of Durham needs a car. GoDurham buses mainly serve central neighborhoods and converge downtown; only Downtown, Central Park, and Ninth Street in Old West Durham are truly walkable.

From downtown, Triangle office parks including Research Triangle Park are about 20 minutes, closer to 35 at rush hour. Street parking downtown is metered and fills on Durham Bulls and DPAC nights, so a garage spot with an apartment is worth asking about.

Old West Durham and Duke-adjacent streets shorten the trip to Duke University Medical Center, the city's healthcare anchor; Hillsborough is an easy Durham commute for a smaller-town base. Traffic and limited transit are consistent local complaints, and neighborhoods a few minutes apart can mean very different drives.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: raleighrealty.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: extraspace.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsCentral Park is the close-in green hub for weekend walks and the farmers market; older Durham streets are often creek-lined and wooded. Hope Valley is known for wooded lots and a historic golf course; Parkwood is a lakeside neighborhood of modest ranch houses with RTP access. Locals and city guides say outdoor life is better than many newcomers expect, with year-round recreation and relatively easy weekend trips to North Carolina beaches and mountains. Named trail systems beyond Central Park are not detailed in these particular sources.

Central Park is the close-in green hub for weekend walks and the farmers market; older Durham streets are often creek-lined and wooded. Hope Valley is known for wooded lots and a historic golf course; Parkwood is a lakeside neighborhood of modest ranch houses with RTP access.

Locals and city guides say outdoor life is better than many newcomers expect, with year-round recreation and relatively easy weekend trips to North Carolina beaches and mountains. Named trail systems beyond Central Park are not detailed in these particular sources.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: raleighrealty.com Source 4: facebook.com

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Living in Durham

Durham is a former tobacco city whose brick warehouses now hold restaurants, lofts, and the American Tobacco Campus, sitting beside Duke University Medical Center and Research Triangle Park. For a nurse, that pairing is the point: a healthcare and life-sciences hub that still feels more creative and less polished than Raleigh. Downtown, Central Park, and Ninth Street in Old West Durham are the walkable cores - DPAC, the Carolina Theatre, Durham Bulls games, breweries, Monuts, Little Bull, and the farmers market - while Hope Valley and Parkwood trade that for woods, a golf course, or a lake and a required car. One-bedrooms average about $1,390; Southside/St. Teresa 3-beds list near $322,000, Hope Valley 4-beds around $1.27 million. GoDurham serves the center; Triangle drives run 20-35 minutes, and downtown parking fills on event nights. Locals love the food and welcome; they warn about rising housing costs, block-by-block safety, humidity, pollen, and thin transit. Check the exact street.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: raleighrealty.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: apartments.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: discoverdurham.com

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Durham, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.