Wake Forest Baptist, one of the nation’s preeminent academic medical centers, is an integrated system that operates 1,004 acute care, rehabilitation and psychiatric care beds, outpatient services, and community health and information centers. The Medical Center Campus is located at Medical Center Boulevard in Winston-Salem, NC.
Essential Functions:
1. Utilizes the nursing process to ensure quality patient care is provided throughout the episode of care.
2. Ensures complete, accurate and timely computerized communication of patient information.
3. Demonstrates cost containment activities.
4. Communicates to the team, co-workers, patients and family members in an effective, positive and professional manner.
5. Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance and for professional growth and development.
Education / Experience: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. At least one year Operating Room experience or participation in the post-graduate program required. Refresher course required for nurses who have not worked in an Operating Room or five years or more.BSN preferred
Licensure, Certification and / or Registration: Current licensures to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina, CNOR preferred, BCLS required.
Practice Innovation
Resilient and flexible in a changing environment
Standards of clinical nursing practice
Systems for patient safety
Technology/informatics skills
Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
Req- 14986
Full Benefits
Competitive Salary
Shift Differentials:
• 3p-7a (2nd and 3rd shift)- $4.00 per hr.
• Weekends- $1.25 per hr.
$10,000 Sign On Bonus
Relocation Assistance Available
Conditions of Employment
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center strives to provide best-in-class nursing care to our patients. To continue to provide such high quality services, meet internal targets and comply with ACCN Magnet requirements for a plan to increase BSN staff to 80% by 2020, WFBMC desires to employ nurses who have achieved, or will achieve, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. WFBMC will provide nurses who have earned an Associate Degree in Nursing a period of five (5) years from the date of hire to meet that educational requirement.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to administer all educational and employment activities without discrimination because of race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status (except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification or a statutory requirement) in accordance with all local, state, national laws, executive orders, regulations, and guidelines.
Skills Required
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
- At least one year Operating Room experience or participation in post-graduate program
- Refresher course required for nurses who have not worked in an Operating Room for five years or more
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; ADN hires must obtain BSN within five years of hire
- Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina
- CNOR certification preferred
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required
- Demonstrated practice innovation, adherence to standards of clinical nursing practice, and patient safety systems
- Technology/informatics skills (electronic documentation and communication)
- Ability to function effectively under stressful and difficult situations; resilient and flexible
What We Do
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a nationally recognized academic medical center and health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Part of Advocate Health, the system integrates a tertiary-care hospital, community hospitals, and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. It is dedicated to advancing healing through groundbreaking research, experiential medical education, and the delivery of compassionate, comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
