Registered Nurse I (RN) - Family Medicine (Aging)

Department: 34404 Atrium Health Cabarrus - Nursing Med Surg: Age Friendly Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 36 Schedule Details/Additional Information: Full Time, Nightshift, Every third weekend required A sign-on bonus is available to applicants who have not received a sign-on bonus from the company for another role within the past 24 months. Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30 Where You Will Work:   Working on the Age- Friendly Unit means joining a team that is committed to providing excellent care to our geriatric patients.  Our patients are typically 65 and above, and we provide our care centered around the 4Ms- “What Mater, Mentation, Medication, and Mobility” as those are pivotable components to providing quality inpatient care to all our patients. Caring for our Med/ Surg geriatric patients can include anything from GI, respiratory, diabetes, cardiac, or infectious complications while stable enough to be on a medical unit. Through providing exceptional care to our patient demographic, it also gives our nursing team an immense amount of knowledge to constantly continue learning throughout their career. We value team involvement for Professional Governance to have bedside nurses' opinions heard at the hospital level as well as our Unit Coordinating Council which is a unit level meeting held once a month where you voice can be heard to change unit practices and concerns.  We also encourage teammates who would like to continue their learning and further education in the pursuit of Clinical Ladder Advancement, Professional Certifications, and strive to nurture a unit culture of teamwork, commitment, integrity, and caring.     Our 28- bed Age- Friendly Unit offers groundbreaking 4Ms work to our geriatric patient population, which includes the utilization of Exercise Physiologist, which work with our patients to ensure mobilization as well as preventing deconditioning while hospitalized.  We also have a dedicated Geriatric Pharmacist who reviews medications on all our patients to ensure they are given the best medicinal plan possible to prevent delirium while admitted and ensure there are no better options for the medications they take every day, even outside of the hospital setting. We also have Geriatric APPs and a Gerontologist who attend our Interdisciplinary Rounds and can be consulted on our patients and can contribute a specialized medical opinion for our geriatric patients.    Expectations We’re Looking For:   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     What   You’ll   Do:   • As a skilled and compassionate RN, you will play a pivotal role in providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.   • Using evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion, and skills communication while leading efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.   About This Location:   Atrium Health Cabarrus is a 457-bed tertiary care facility serving Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, and surrounding counties. As a designated Level III Trauma Center, we provide comprehensive emergency services and a wide range of specialty medical care. We are proud to hold disease-specific certifications in Stroke, Epilepsy, Spine, Bariatrics, and Chest Pain Center care.   Our hospital has earned recognition for excellence, including awards for our Geriatric Emergency Department, ANCC Pathway to Excellence designation, and being named a Best Hospital for Nurses.   Additional Programs & Support Services   Professional Governance   – Empowering clinical decision-making and leadership   Teammate Advisory Board   – Fostering collaboration and continuous improvement   Behavioral Response Team (BRT)   – One of only two designated teams in the region responding to patients with escalating behaviors   Vascular Access Team   – 24/7 expert support for complex IV insertions, PICC lines, and specialized procedures   Academic Partnership   – Strong collaboration with Cabarrus College of Health Sciences to support education and workforce development   Be the Nurse Who Redefines Care.   Apply Now   Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and 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 Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. About Advocate Health  Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the n