Licensed Practical Nurse- Acute
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Novant Health seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse for its Orthopedic Specialty Care Unit at Forsyth Medical Center. The nurse provides care for patients recovering from orthopedic, spine, and joint replacement procedures, including medication administration, pain management, patient education, and discharge support. The role is full-time, day shift, 36 hours per week. One year of relevant experience is preferred.
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What We Offer
Orthopedic Specialty Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Join our newly renovated 39-bed Ortho & Spine Specialty Care Unit, caring for patients recovering from total joint replacements, orthopedic and spine surgeries, as well as complex headaches and intractable migraines. As an Orthopedic Specialty RN, you'll provide expert post-surgical care, pain management, patient education, and support patients on their journey to recovery.
Forsyth Medical Center | Full-Time Days|36 hours a week| (7:00 AM - 7:00 PM) | Winston-Salem, NC
What's in It for You?
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Grow your career through orthopedic-focused education, certifications, and clinical ladder opportunities.
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Practice in a newly renovated unit with advanced technology and updated equipment.
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Utilize tools and resources that support safe, efficient orthopedic and spine care.
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Prioritize your well-being with resources focused on resilience and work-life balance.
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Receive competitive pay and comprehensive benefits starting on your first day of employment.
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Join a Disease-Specific Care (DSC) Certified unit recognized for excellence in orthopedic care.
Remarkable Care. Remarkable Careers.
What You'll Do
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Provide nursing care for patients recovering from orthopedic, spine, and joint replacement procedures. Monitor patient conditions and respond to changes in recovery status.
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Administer medications, IV therapies, and pain management treatments.
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Collaborate with physicians, therapists, case managers, and other interdisciplinary team members.
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Educate patients and families on recovery, mobility, medications, and discharge planning.
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Advocate for patient safety while delivering compassionate, patient-centered care.
What We're Looking For
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Education : High School Diploma or GED, required. Graduate of accredited Practical Nursing Program.
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Experience : One year of relevant experience, preferred.
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Licensure/Certification: Appropriate state LPN license, required. NC state approved curricula for restrictive interventions (facility specific) within 3 months of hire for Emergency Departments and Behavioral Health units, required. CPI certification within 3 months of hire for Behavioral Health departments, required.
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Additional Skills (required):
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Computer skills, Phone call etiquette and Organizational Skills.
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Ability to comprehend policies and procedures and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.
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Behavioral Health units' requirements only
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Ability to intervene in a therapeutic manner for behavior patterns demonstrated by patients with a mental illness, personality disorder, substance abuse or developmental disabilities.
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Knowledge of psychiatric medications, side effects and treatment interventions, knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis, mental health concepts, and evidence based therapeutic interventions and treatments. CPI certification within three months.
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Ability to establish and maintain control of violent patients, defend self and others against violent assaults, ability to react appropriately in psychiatric crises, ability use violent and non-violent restraints per policy and procedure.
Why Choose Novant Health?
At Novant Health, we believe remarkable care starts with compassion for our patients, our communities, and each other. We value belonging, courage, personal growth, and teamwork, creating a space where everyone is respected, supported, and safe to show up as their full selves.
Job Opening ID
199097
How this job compares
Set against the 9,862 open Licensed Practical Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- North Carolina median$53–73K/yr40 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$28–35/hr196 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 387 open Licensed Practical Nurse jobs in North Carolina and 9,862 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Aveanna Healthcare48 open
- Advocate Health38 open
- BAYADA Home Health Care30 open
- Experience
- Licensed Practical Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (2,571 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,477 of the 9,862 open Licensed Practical Nurse jobs (15%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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