Registered Nurse-Neurosurgical ICU

Job description

What We Offer
Registered Nurse-Neurosurgical ICU
Forsyth Medical Center – Winston-Salem, NC
Schedule:7p-7a (FT Nights)
Join Our Neurosurgical ICU Team-If you're passionate about critical care, neurological nursing, and making a meaningful difference for patients and their families, we want you on our team!
Why Nurses Choose This Role
• Provide specialized, high-acuity care to critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients.
• Care for complex patients while strengthening critical care expertise.
• Develop advanced nursing skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Gain experience through new challenges and learning opportunities.
• Work alongside an experienced, supportive team committed to your success.

What You'll Do
• Provide specialized care to critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients, including those experiencing stroke, traumatic brain injury, seizures, neuromuscular disorders, intracranial hemorrhage, spinal cord injuries, and post-neurosurgical conditions.
• Care for patients requiring advanced critical care interventions, including mechanical ventilation, titratable medications, intracranial pressure monitoring, external ventricular drains (EVDs), lumbar drains, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), and other complex therapies.
• Perform comprehensive neurological and physical assessments and recognize and respond quickly to changes in patient condition.
• Partner closely with neurologists, neurosurgeons, intensivists, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Build your knowledge and confidence in caring for some of the most complex patients in critical care.
• Contribute to a collaborative environment where teamwork, learning, and exceptional patient care are at the center of everything we do.

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 create a healthier future where all team members are encouraged to use their unique perspectives, life experiences and expertise to bring remarkable experiences to life. We are committed to a workplace that is free of hate, discrimination, harassment, bullying and violence of any kind. All patients, team members and guests belong and will receive remarkable care.”
Job Opening ID
147358