RN - Musculoskeletal & Trauma Stepdown 2023 Start dates
Company: Duke Health
Location: Durham
Posted on: May 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Duke University Hospital Duke University Hospital is
consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is
known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking
research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient
beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic
facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major
surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery
center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with
nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional
radiology area. For , U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke
University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer,
cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose &
throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology &
neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung
surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first
in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.
In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive,
geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that
include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty
clinics and outpatient surgery centers.
Duke Nursing Highlights:
Duke University Health System- Duke University Hospital seeks to
hire a New Grad or an Experienced Registered Nurse who will embrace
our mission of Advancing Health Together.
Duke Orthopedics/Spine/Musculoskeletal Inpatient Services:
The Duke Musculoskeletal Trauma unit 11 DCT is a study in
teamwork!
With our primary population being musculoskeletal disorders and
trauma, we collaborate every day with multiple interdisciplinary
team members like our ever present APPs, as well as dieticians,
stress management, acute pain service, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, and speech therapy. We take intermediate and
stepdown patients, and our most common stepdown patients transfer
to us from the SICU (surgical intensive care unit). Our trauma
patients provide us so many amazing opportunities to go above and
beyond for our patients! Many of them are struggling on many levels
with the unexpected life event that brought them to us, and we can
provide extremely valuable emotional support and education to
ensure their success and healing when they leave 11DCT. We excel in
wound care, pain control, mobilization, and navigating complex care
plans. The most gratifying thing about working with orthopedic and
trauma patients is that by the time they discharge-whether after a
day or a month-it is very easy to see how far they have come due to
our excellent care.
Work Hours & Shifts:
Full Time: 0.9 FTE, Three 12 hour shifts per week. (Multiple shifts
available, Day or Night or Rotating) - Choose the one that works
best for your life.
Job Summary:
As a Clinical Nurse with Duke University Health System, you will
make providing service your priority while caring for the whole
person in a patient-centered atmosphere. The Clinical Nurse (RN) is
responsible for providing and supervising direct and indirect total
nursing care responsibilities and utilizing the nursing process
(assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating) in achieving
the goals of the nursing department. Plan and provide advanced
and/or specialized nursing care for patients in guided by DUHS
Professional Practice model participate in the clinical ladder
program, educational activities, departmental committees, research
projects, or other health-related projects as assigned. Provide
nursing services to patients and families in accordance with the
scope of the RN as defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
Adheres to all rules and regulations of all applicable local, state
and federal agencies and accrediting bodies. Actively participates
in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in
maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.
Knowledge, Skills, Education, and Experience Required:
Previous work experience (1+ years) as a clinical nurse is required
for Clinical Nurse II.
Graduation from an accredited Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (or
higher), Associate's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma program
is required.
All registered nurses without a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (or
higher) will be required to enroll in an appropriate BSN program
within two years of their start date and to complete the program
within five years of their start date
Licensure, Certification, or Registration Required:
Current registration with the North Carolina State Board of Nursing
as a registered professional nurse OR current compact RN licensure
to practice in the state of North Carolina required.
BLS (or higher) certification required.
Professional specialty certification (preferred).
Pre-employment Physical Capacity Testing Required:
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed
to providing employment opportunity without regard to an
individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression,
gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration,
innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success
depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best
when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and
experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential
that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the
contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices
are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to
uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University
and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob
functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities.
Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable
accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
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