Job Description

ECU Health

About ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.

Position Summary

Registered nurses provide care in conjunction with the behavioral health associate and interdisciplinary team. Assignments are based on the patient’s needs, the geographical location of the patients, and the resources available. BLS is required upon hire. All team members are trained in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention. We are committed to growing our staff professionally and our team is committed to making staff successful with this endeavor.  Professional organization membership and certification are encouraged at the two-year mark of employment. HCMU takes pride in our performance quality indicators.  Our team is looking for team members that see the medical/behavioral health population as their passion and places quality/safe patient care at the forefront of their practice.  

Responsibilities

The population consists of adult patients with primary medical problems and secondary mental illness:

• • Drug Overdose
  • Substance use disorder
  • General cardiac monitoring
  • Hypertension
  • Infectious disease processes
  • Diabetes

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma in Nursing, Associates in Nursing or higher
• Bachelors Degree is preferred
• 0 - 2 years experience is required.
• Current NC RN license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state Health Care Provider is required
• Basic Life Support is required

Other Information

• As needed position 

General Statement

It is the goal of Vidant Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position.

Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings, which may include an occupational health screening, criminal record check, education, reference, and licensure verification.

We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.   Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.