RN AH Carolina Medical Center PreSurgery Holding FT Days w Call 8 a - 8:30 p

American Addiction Centers•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pre-Operative Nurse is responsible for preparing patients for surgical procedures, ensuring clinical readiness, patient safety, and continuity of care. This role requires strong clinical assessment skills, attention to detail, and effective communication with the surgical team, anesthesia providers, and patient. 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. Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the Southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC serves as the region’s only Level 1 Trauma center, is Magnet-designated, and also an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas and liver. It also serves as one of North Carolina’s five Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serves as a satellite for the medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill. Advocate Health emphasizes that being a nurse means leading with purpose, compassion, and boldness, joining a unified team committed to lifting others up, embracing innovation, and creating inclusive spaces. Nurses are empowered to think boldly, collaborate with humility, and drive change through fearless curiosity, helping to shape the future of health. Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. It provides care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs. The organization is committed to providing equitable care for all, providing more than $6 billion in annual community benefits. The combined strength and stability of Advocate Health drives a transformation guided by the patient’s experience, aiming to offer new possibilities in communities, reshape access to care through more sites and latest technologies, inspire professionals with a dynamically inclusive workforce, and transform care with world-class doctors, innovative solutions, outstanding outcomes, and leading-edge research and clinical trials.

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
Strong clinical assessment skills
Attention to detail
Effective communication

Responsibilities

Preparing patients for surgical procedures, ensuring clinical readiness, patient safety, and continuity of care
Effective communication with the surgical team, anesthesia providers, and patient
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

Competitive compensation
Generous retirement offerings
Programs that invest in your career development
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
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