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Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care for medically complex patients in a high acuity unit. Lead efforts to ensure a safe patient environment and an excellent patient experience using evidence-based practice.
34435 Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center - High Acuity Progressive Care Unit
Status: Full time
Benefits: Eligible:
Hours Per Week: 36
3–12-hour shifts per week Nights, 7: 00pm-7:00am Rotating Weekends and Holidays
$38.20 - $57.30
Atrium Health Floyd is launching an 11‑bed High Acuity Progressive Care Unit (HAU) in early 2026, offering an exciting opportunity to join a brand‑new, fast‑growing team. The HAU cares for high acuity medically complex patients with a dedicated 1:3 nurse‑to‑patient ratio. In the HAU you will have the opportunity to help shape the culture and care from day one, and play a key role in launching a unit designed for excellence. We are welcoming nurses who thrive and find fulfillment in a fast-paced, clinically challenging environment—and who value collaboration, autonomy, and continuous growth.
The Atrium Health Floyd family of health care services is a leading medical provider and economic force in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd is part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Floyd also operates a stand-alone emergency department in Chattooga County, the first such facility to be built from the ground-up in Georgia.
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Advocate Health [https://www.advocatehealth.org/] 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 [https://www.advocatehealth.com/] in Illinois; Atrium Health [https://atriumhealth.org/] in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care [https://www.aurorahealthcare.org/] 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 [https://school.wakehealth.edu/] 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.
Must have completed an accredited nursing program and hold a valid Registered Nurse license. BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required.
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