Surgery Service Specialty Units

4 Anderson North

The dedicated team of nurses serving this unique 24-bed unit are committed to pursuing excellence in patient care, patient education, and research in gastrointestinal surgeries and surgical oncology. Our focus is to provide optimal care to our patients and their families. We also foster professional growth through collaboration with other health care professionals.

Our medical teams are nationally recognized for their cutting-edge surgical procedures and treatments of gastrointestinal disease and abdominal cancers. We offer an exciting and challenging environment, with opportunities for growth and continuing clinical education.

4 Anderson North Strengths:

Ours is an environment rich in mutual respect, teamwork, passion and clinical excellence as we serve our patients, their families and one another.

5 East

We are a 15-bed unit dedicated to caring for patients who require abdominal organ transplantation. Every year, we perform over 100 kidney and liver transplants, including cutting-edge living donor liver transplants. We also receive and treat oral-maxillofacial patients, high-risk plastic surgery patients requiring reconstructive grafts, and patients with tissue injuries.

5 East Strengths:

We work as a team with physicians and coordinators to help our patients and their families understand diagnoses, support each other during surgery, and learn how to return to a productive lifestyle post-op.

5 West

We are a specialized 16-bed surgical unit dedicated to the care of vascular and urology patients. Our vascular patient population includes those with peripheral vascular disease, end-stage renal disease, diabetes and abdominal aortic aneurysms. Our urology patient population includes those with cancers, kidney stones and other urological conditions.

Our health care teams are led by renowned physicians who are among the country’s leaders in prostate cancer research, and who pioneered national standards for endovascular aneurysm surgery.

5 West Strengths:

Our nurses have a genuine desire to be the best of the best, demonstrating support, dedication and a strong drive for excellence and patient satisfaction. Ours is a professional working environment with many opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Neurosurgery ICU

We are an 8-bed Level One trauma unit dedicated to the care of neurosurgical patients. The NSICU’s team of neurosurgeons work closely with the nursing staff to provide the most compassionate and comprehensive care to our patients.

NSICU strengths:

Ours is a multidisciplinary team approach to patient care, with talented surgeons, a challenging work environment that promotes critical thinking, and unlimited learning potential. We are seeking candidates who will provide excellence in patient care, inspire teamwork and possess exceptional customer service skills.

N.C. Jaycee Burn Center

There’s a saying in the burn care community: “It isn’t enough for a patient to survive: they must live.”  The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center will only accept nurses who are experienced, compassionate and dedicated enough to make that happen.

We provide state-of-the-art care to burn victims of every age group, from pediatric to geriatric, and of every acuity, from critical to rehabilitative. The Center is verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons, and is North Carolina’s only center of excellence specializing in burns.

In addition to physicians and nurses, the team includes physical, occupational and recreational therapists, chaplains, a rehabilitation counselor, social workers, a nutritionist and a teacher. Our Outreach Program lets the nursing staff interact with the community through a close relationship with statewide schools of nursing and firefighter associations. We also sponsor Camp Celebrate – a weekend summer camp for pediatric burn survivors – the annual Burn Survivors’ Reunion and an adult survivor retreat.

5 Bedtower

We excel at putting broken bodies back together and making them work like new. Our 32-bed orthopedic and trauma unit is an incredibly exciting place to work – chock full of challenge – and a unique opportunity to work with the best and the brightest. Our unit is an integral component of a leading trauma program, and our Chief of Orthopedics, Dr. Douglas Dirschl, is nationally renowned.

5 Bedtower Strengths:

Our doctors and nurses work together as true partners in a multidisciplinary patient care team. Physical therapists, social workers, nutritionists and myriad other specialists are indispensible members of that team, creating a synergy that is both palpable and powerful. This is an environment where learning flourishes, and where your competence and confidence can soar to new heights.

Intermediate Surgical Care Unit

We are a fast-paced 8-bed unit for postoperative patients requiring an intermediate level of care. We are dedicated to the optimal care of patients whose conditions fall under the auspices of renal and liver transplants, trauma, orthopedics, neurosurgery, plastics, and vascular, gastrointestinal and urological surgeries.

ISCU Strengths:

The ISCU is fortunate to work with some of the best surgeons in the country, as well as a dynamic critical care team. The nurses are an integral part of that team as we assist our patients’ transition from intensive care to the acute care units.

6 Neuroscience

This is the largest acute inpatient unit of the surgery service, efficiently designed to provide quality and compassionate care to all of our neurological, neurosurgical and ENT patients. We provide state-of-the-art video EEG monitoring for our epilepsy patients and EKG telemetry for our stroke/TIA patients.

Our 6-bed Stroke Treatment and Prevention Unit focuses on acute assessment and intervention in the early phase of stroke to decrease morbidity and mortality. The nurses are trained to perform NIH Stroke Scoring, which allows us to measure outcomes.

6 Neuroscience Strengths:

We provide a sensitive, personal and caring environment that reinforces our mission to patients and families. We are team-oriented, dynamic caregivers and experienced patient advocates. We offer interdisciplinary support while fostering a professional, collaborative atmosphere conducive to learning.

Surgery/Trauma ICU

The 16-bed Surgery ICU provides intensive care for the critically injured. We are a Level One Trauma Certified unit specializing in the care of critically injured trauma and surgical patients. Our patients undergo a variety of procedures in trauma, orthopedics, vascular, ear, nose and throat, plastics, abdominal transplantation, and surgery.

UNC Health Care is attracting some of the most talented people in the nation—doctors, nurses, therapists, and more—all working toward the same goal, providing the best possible health care for the people of North Carolina and beyond.

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