Charge Nurse- Surgical Oncology ICU

Full time, benefits eligible – 35.1 hours per week, night shift.

About the role

Join our dynamic 16-bed surgical/surgical oncology ICU, where exceptional, patient-centered care is delivered through teamwork, compassion, and innovation. Our nurses utilize advanced skills with a wide range of ICU equipment, invasive monitoring, complex wound care, and continuous therapies for critically ill patients. You’ll work alongside experts in diverse specialties, including vascular, ENT, transplant, surgical oncology, urology, emergency, bariatric, and trauma care, all while benefiting from ongoing education and research opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
• Utilize evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion, and skilled communication to lead efforts in creating the safest patient environment and the best patient experience.
• Coordinate, delegate, monitor, and evaluate unit activities during assigned shift.
• Make staff assignments, serve as a resource to other staff, participate in performance improvement activities, and ensure standards of care are maintained.
• Represent nursing administration.
• Through utilization of the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation), provide patient care to a select group of 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.
• ACLS required within 6 months of hire.
• 2 years of ICU experience preferred.

About the location

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. The system includes an integrated clinical network anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital), Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, over 300 primary and specialty care locations, and more than 2,700 physicians. Wake Forest School of Medicine serves as the academic core, recognized for experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, including Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing healthcare through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Pay

$41.10 - $61.65 per hour.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, 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 differentials, on-call pay, and more based on the role.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.