Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Job description

What We Offer
Join the 22-bed Emergency Department at Kernersville Medical Center, where you'll provide compassionate, patient-centered care to patients experiencing a wide range of urgent and emergent medical conditions. Work alongside a collaborative multidisciplinary team focused on rapid assessment, stabilization and delivering safe, high-quality care when patients need it most.
Why Nurses Choose This Role
• Care for patients with a wide variety of urgent and emergent medical needs
• Build strong emergency nursing assessment and critical-thinking skills
• Work alongside experienced nurses, providers and multidisciplinary team members
• Gain experience caring for patients across varying levels of acuity
• Make a meaningful impact during some of the most critical moments in a patient's care

Facility: Kernersville Medical Center | Location: Kernersville, NC | Position Type: Full-Time | Work Schedule: 7 p.m.-7 a.m.
What You'll Do
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualized patient care in the Emergency Department.
• Provide timely nursing interventions for patients experiencing urgent and emergent conditions.
• Monitor patient status and respond appropriately to changes in condition.
• Administer medications and treatments according to individualized plans of care.
• Collaborate with physicians, providers and the multidisciplinary healthcare team to assess, treat and stabilize patients.
• Educate and support patients and families throughout their Emergency Department experience.
• Promote patient safety, clinical excellence and high-quality emergency care.

What We're Looking For
Education:
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred.
• 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 of acute nursing experience required.
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
• Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Red Cross or American Heart Association required.

Why Choose Novant Health?
At Novant Health, we believe remarkable care starts with compassion for our patients, our communities, and each other. We value belonging, courage, personal growth, and teamwork, creating a space where everyone is respected, supported, and safe to show up as their full selves.
Job Opening ID
173652