Registered Nurse-Neurosurgical ICU

Registered Nurse-Neurosurgical ICU 

Forsyth Medical Center – Winston-Salem, NC

Schedule:7p-7a (FT Nights)

Join Our Neurosurgical ICU Team

Our 30-bed Neurosurgical ICU provides specialized, high-acuity care to critically ill patients with complex neurological and neurosurgical conditions. If you're looking for an environment where you can build your critical care expertise, care for complex patients, and grow alongside an experienced and supportive team, this is the place for you.

Every shift brings new challenges and opportunities to learn. You'll care for a diverse patient population while developing advanced critical care skills in a fast-paced environment. Most importantly, you'll be surrounded by a team committed to supporting you every step of the way—because we believe in helping our nurses succeed.

If you're passionate about critical care, neurological nursing, and making a meaningful difference for patients and their families, we want you on our team!

Why Choose Novant Health?

• Day One Benefits Eligibility
• Future Forward Tuition Assistance Program – Eligible after 90 days of service, providing upfront tuition coverage up to $5,250 annually for full-time team members and up to $2,625 annually for part-time team members
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Program
• Well-Being Programs focused on physical, emotional, and financial wellness

Novant Health is committed to providing high-quality, affordable healthcare, with a strong focus on innovation, research, and community wellness. Our goal is to empower our workforce with the tools, support, and resources they need to provide the best care possible.

• Education:
  - Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
  - 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred.
  - If your RN nursing license has been inactive, retired or lapsed for five years or more and you have not been licensed in another state during the last five years, successful completion of a Board approved refresher course is required prior to reactivating or reinstating your license. In order to be considered for current licensure status, you must apply for reinstatement within one year of completing the refresher course.

• Experience:  One year of acute nursing experience required.

• Licensure/Certification/Registration: 
  - Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.
  - Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Red Cross or American Heart Association required.

• Provide specialized care to critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients, including those experiencing stroke, traumatic brain injury, seizures, neuromuscular disorders, intracranial hemorrhage, spinal cord injuries, and post-neurosurgical conditions.
• Care for patients requiring advanced critical care interventions, including mechanical ventilation, titratable medications, intracranial pressure monitoring, external ventricular drains (EVDs), lumbar drains, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), and other complex therapies.
• Perform comprehensive neurological and physical assessments and recognize and respond quickly to changes in patient condition.
• Partner closely with neurologists, neurosurgeons, intensivists, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Build your knowledge and confidence in caring for some of the most complex patients in critical care.
• Contribute to a collaborative environment where teamwork, learning, and exceptional patient care are at the center of everything we do.