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RN, OR Float Pool

Advocate Health

Winston-Salem, NCFull-time$38.2–57.3/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$38.2–57.3/hr
Location
Winston-Salem, NC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

North Carolina RN LicenseBCLS

Job overview

Advocate Health is seeking experienced registered nurses for its regional Surgical Services Float Pool, supporting operating rooms across the Wake region. The role provides direct patient care using the nursing process, supervises assigned team members, and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams. Nurses float among several medical centers and work full-time schedules of either three 12-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Nursing ProcessPatient CareWritten CommunicationOral CommunicationStress ManagementWorkload ManagementClinical Nursing PracticePatient SafetyBasic Computer Skills

Qualifications

Accredited Nursing School GraduationOne Year Operating Room Experience or Post-Graduate ProgramNorth Carolina RN LicenseBCLSCNOROperating Room Refresher Course

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Tuition Assistance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave

Full job description

Department:

37770 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Surgical Services Academy

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

3, 12-hour shifts or 4, 10-hour shifts available

Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30

Where You Will Work:

There are exciting new opportunities at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist! We are seeking experienced RNs to join our regional Surgical Services Float Pool. In this position, you will support the Wake region ORs (Winston-Salem, Bermuda Run, North Wilkesboro, Elkin, High Point, Lexington). If you are an experienced RN with a passion for Surgical Services, who wants the variety of contract labor but, the stability of a permanent position, you’ll find a world of growth and learning opportunities awaiting you at our renowned Academic Learning Health System.

What We Offer:

  • Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
  • Education Assistance: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
  • Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid contributions to your retirement fund.

Job Summary: Renders highly professional and technical nursing care to assigned patient. Provides direct patient care using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation).Directs and supervises other assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with unit standards of care.

Position will require floating within the Wake region:

  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, NC),
  • Davie Medical Center (Bermuda Run, NC),
  • Wilkes Medical Center (North Wilkesboro, NC)
  • High Point Medical Center (High Point, NC)
  • Lexington Medical Center (Lexington, NC)

What You'll Need:

  • Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
  • Minimum of one year Operating Room experience or participation in a post-graduate program required.
  • 3 years of experience strongly preferred.
  • Refresher course required for nurses who have not worked in an Operating Room for five years or more.
  • Current licensures to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina
  • BCLS required.
  • CNOR preferred.

What You'll Do: Job requirements may include, but are not limited to: Utilizes the nursing process to ensure quality patient care is provided throughout the episode of care. Ensures complete, accurate and timely computerized communication of patient information. Demonstrates cost containment activities. Communicates to the team, co-workers, patients and family members in an effective, positive, and professional manner. Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance and for professional growth and development.

Skills/Qualifications

  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
  • Performs effectively with frequent workload changes and competing demands
  • Follows standards of clinical nursing practice
  • Follows systems for patient safety
  • Basic computer skills

Skills/Qualifications

  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
  • Performs effectively with frequent workload changes and competing demands
  • Follows standards of clinical nursing practice
  • Follows systems for patient safety
  • Basic computer skills

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

  • Incentive pay for select positions

  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

  • Paid Time Off programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

  • Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

How this job compares

Set against the 57,721 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$38.2–57.3/hr
  • North Carolina median$38–53/hr1,127 hourly ranges
  • US median$38–54/hr24,021 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $47.75/hr, is close to the North Carolina median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in North Carolina.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,273 open Registered Nurse jobs in North Carolina and 57,721 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (28,055 postings).
Education
4,605 of the 57,721 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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