Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room (OR)

$30K commitment bonus for this role.

About the role

Responsible for providing care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice, and other standards established by professional groups, regulating bodies, and agents. Nursing care is delivered in accordance with ECU Health and entity-specific nursing policies, procedures, and professional standards of care/practice.

Responsibilities include the provision and coordination of nursing care, including assessment data collection and analysis, identification of expected outcomes, and development of a care plan in collaboration with the patient/family and interdisciplinary team. The role involves identifying interventions, implementing the care plan, evaluating patient progress, and documenting the process, with sensitivity to age-specific and unique patient/family needs.

Promotes and evaluates the effective functioning of the healthcare team, collaborates with team members to meet patient/family needs throughout the episode of care, and delegates tasks as appropriate under the NC Nurse Practice Act.

This position is located at ECU Health Chowan Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital serving 110,000 people across 6 counties. The facility offers medical and surgical services, including intensive care, a specialty care clinic, outpatient surgery with endoscopy capabilities, and a 7-bed emergency department serving approximately 15,000 patients annually. Team members have access to a telemedicine link with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

Requirements

• Current North Carolina Registered Nurse license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.

Pay

Clinical Ladder Pay Range: $34.00 - $46.75 per hour. Final compensation will be based on career ladder placement.

Schedule

• 0.9 FTE (Full-Time Equivalent).
• Shift: Days (07:00 - 15:30) with on-call responsibilities.
• Must take call one night per week (15:00 - 07:00) and approximately one weekend per month (Friday 15:00 - Monday 07:00).
• Must be able to report within 30 minutes when on call.

Benefits

ECU Health offers a comprehensive benefits package designed with employees in mind. For more details, visit ECU Health Employee Benefits.