Registered Nurse (Experienced) - NICU

Duke University

Durham (NC)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

45 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation grant
Total rewards program

Job summary

Duke University Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit seeks an experienced registered nurse to provide professional care to newborns and families in a high-volume environment.

You will plan, delegate, and monitor nursing care per physician orders, participate in performance improvement activities, and educate families while ensuring patient safety and quality outcomes. Relocation assistance available.

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of experience as a clinical nurse.
  • Graduation from an accredited BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma program.
  • RNs without a BSN must enroll within 2 years and complete within 7 years.
  • Current RN licensure in North Carolina or compact state.
  • BLS certification.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and provide professional nursing care in accordance with physician orders and established policies.
  • Delegate tasks, supervise care team members, and act as team leader or charge nurse as assigned.
  • Monitor and maintain the care environment including equipment and resources.
  • Support professional development, precept staff, and participate in performance improvement activities.
  • Educate patients and families and collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Skills

Clinical nursing
Team leadership
Education patients

Education

BSN / ADN / Nursing diploma
RN licensure

Job description

What you can expect

Location: 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides care for more than 1000 infants each year from the Southeast and worldwide, including extremely low birth weight infants and complex congenital conditions.

Schedule
  • Full Time: 3 12-hour shifts per week, rotating between 7 a.m.–7:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.–7:30 a.m. Minimum of 2–4 weekend shifts per 4-week schedule.
Incentives & Total Rewards
  • Relocation Assistance: Relocation Grant available for candidates relocating from a primary residence located 50 miles or more from Duke University Hospital.
  • Total Rewards: A comprehensive set of pay and benefits designed to support your well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance. Learn more here.
How you will make an impact
  • Plan and provide professional nursing care in accordance with physician orders and established policies.
  • Delegate tasks, supervise care team members, and act as team leader or charge nurse as assigned.
  • Monitor and maintain the care environment including equipment and resources.
  • Support professional development, precept staff, and participate in performance improvement activities.
  • Educate patients and families and collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
What you will need
  • 1+ years of experience as a clinical nurse required.
  • Graduation from an accredited BSN, ADN, or nursing diploma program required.
  • RNs without a BSN must enroll within 2 years and complete within 7 years.
  • Current RN licensure in North Carolina or compact state required.
  • BLS certification required.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas — an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

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