Registered Nurse (New or Experienced) -Medical ICU at Duke University Teaching Hospital

Duke University Hospital

Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance!

Are you an Experienced or New Grad Registered Nurse with a passion for helping patients?  Do you love the idea of being trained in our Renowned University Teach Hospital and high acuity, diverse patient population?  If you answered yes to both of these questions, this opportunity may be right for you!

The Medical Intensive Care Unit (8 West) is a 32 bed unit in the Duke Medical Pavilion at Duke University Hospital.  The MICU strives to provide exceptional care to patients with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, veno-venous ECMO, respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, multisystem organ failure, acute renal failure, emergency dialysis, drug overdose, acute hepatic failure, gastrointestinal bleeding and neurological emergencies. 

IMPRESSED? How about our $15,000 sign-on bonus available for Registered Nurses with at least one year of clinical/bedside experience?  Our Loan Forgiveness Program of up to 25,000, and generous Relocation Assistance?  The benefits, discounts and perks go on and on…

Apply today to schedule an info session to discuss what Duke University Health has to offer!

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina prior to start. BLS required.

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