Spring 2026 New Graduate RN Atrium Health Cabarrus Age Friendly Unit FT
About The Position
Working on the Age- Friendly Unit means joining a team that is committed to providing excellent care to our geriatric patients. Our patients are typically 65 and above, and we provide our care centered around the 4Ms- “What Mater, Mentation, Medication, and Mobility” as those are pivotable components to providing quality inpatient care to all our patients. Caring for our Med/ Surg geriatric patients can include anything from GI, respiratory, diabetes, cardiac, or infectious complications while stable enough to be on a medical unit. Through providing exceptional care to our patient demographic, it also gives our nursing team an immense amount of knowledge to constantly continue learning throughout their career. We value team involvement for Professional Governance to have bedside nurses' opinions heard at the hospital level as well as our Unit Coordinating Council which is a unit level meeting held once a month where you voice can be heard to change unit practices and concerns. We also encourage teammates who would like to continue their learning and further education in the pursuit of Clinical Ladder Advancement, Professional Certifications, and strive to nurture a unit culture of teamwork, commitment, integrity, and caring. Our 28- bed Age- Friendly Unit offers groundbreaking 4Ms work to our geriatric patient population, which includes the utilization of Exercise Physiologist, which work with our patients to ensure mobilization as well as preventing deconditioning while hospitalized. We also have a dedicated Geriatric Pharmacist who reviews medications on all our patients to ensure they are given the best medicinal plan possible to prevent delirium while admitted and ensure there are no better options for the medications they take every day, even outside of the hospital setting. We also have Geriatric APPs and a Gerontologist who attend our Interdisciplinary Rounds and can be consulted on our patients and can contribute a specialized medical opinion for our geriatric patients.
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing
- Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association
Responsibilities
- As a skilled and compassionate RN, you will play a pivotal role in providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
- Using evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion, and skills communication while leading efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.
Benefits
- Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:
- Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
- Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
