A Personal Choice is offering full time nursing jobs in Raleigh, North Carolina. Part time and PRN nursing jobs are also available.
A Personal Choice is a boutique surgical practice exclusively specializing in office based fertility surgery.
The surgical practice provides:
A Personal Choice is located near North Hills Mall Midtown, Raleigh just inside the I-440 belt line.
We have been in this location since 2014.
A Personal Choice exclusively provides sterilization reversal surgery. Sterilization reversal is the main alternative treatment to in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Sterilization reversal can be more affordable and more successful than IVF.
Most states do not have doctors skilled enough to provide sterilization reversal. As a result, A Personal Choice is a very unique practice offering patients an affordable alternative to more expensive IVF infertility treatments. As a result, patients travel from across the United States to have sterilization reversal surgery at the center.
More information: See where our patients come from and the quality of our work
The information below provides more information about our practice, the services we offer, and our full time nursing jobs. You will also find an on-line Employment Application if you are interested in applying for a position.
For more information about our Part Time Nursing and PRN Nursing positions please visit the following links:
Patients schedule surgery over the phone, travel to A Personal Choice, stay in a local hotel, and spend three (3) days in Raleigh during their treatment. Patients have pre-operative consultations on the first day, surgeries on the second day, and post-operative evaluations on the third day. Reversal surgery is outpatient and performed in an accredited office operating room.
A Personal Choice has positions available for full time nursing jobs, part time nursing jobs, and PRN nursing positions.
A Personal Choice is open from 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday. The office is never open on weekends or at nights.
There are no on call responsibilities for staff.
The office is closed for the full week of the July 4th holiday and the full week of the Christmas holiday.
Other major holidays the office observes are New Years Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day the day after Thanksgiving.
The following is a short video that will provide you with a better understanding what patients and nurses experience while at our practice.
More information about full time nursing jobs are listed below.
Work Days: Monday through Friday. No weekends. No nights
Work Hours: 8am to 5pm. No after hours work expected
Pay range: Depending on experience
Benefits: Medical, dental, long term/short term disability, life insurance. Eligible for 401k plan, defined benefit, and cash balance plan after one year of service. Paid major holidays, one week off for Christmas, and can earn up to 3 weeks of Paid Time Off.
Degree requirements: BSN or RN. LPNs will also be considered.
After a period of three (3) to six (6) months orientation and training full time nurses are able to perform almost every task described in the primary and secondary responsibilities below.
The primary responsibilities of the full time nursing jobs are:
The secondary responsibilities of the full time nursing job is to assist surgical nurses with preoperative, intraoperative, and immediate postoperative patient care. Prior surgical experience is not required.
Approximately 70% of a full time nurses time is spent either on the phone or at the computer. The remaining 30% of time is spent with direct patient contact providing patient education during the preoperative and postoperative appointments.
Nurses scheduling and answering phone inquires
Potential patient phone calls. Full time nurses help answer phone calls and emails from website visitors inquiring about surgery. These nurses instruct patients on how to send their sterilization operative notes for review.
Surgery scheduling. When patients are ready to schedule full time nurses schedule patients over the phone, email surgery scheduling documents, and coordinate patient payment with the front office business staff.
Patient education. Full time nurses provide preoperative and postoperative patient education during the surgery consultation appointments, day of surgery visits, and post-operative consultation visits. Full time nurses help with patient intake during vasectomy procedures and also provide patients with vasectomy after care instructions. Vasectomy procedures are offered on most Fridays and some Thursday afternoons.
Full time office nurses are also expected to cross train in surgical nursing. If staffing requires additional assistance, the full time nurses will assist the part-time and PRN surgical nurses with 1) preoperative surgery patient intake, 2) surgical circulating, 3) post-operative recovery, and 4) vasectomy patient education.
Preoperative patient intake. This involves getting patients ready for surgery and providing patient education about what to expect during and immediately after surgery. Nurses working in the preoperative area must be able to start an intravenous catheter (IV). If required, training in IV insertion can be provided. Nurses must be able to gain proficiency in starting IV catheters. Anesthesia staff can provide back up for difficult to insert IV catheters.
Preparing patient for surgery
Surgical circulating nurse. The surgical circulating nurse is part of a five (5) person operating room team composed of the surgeon, a CRNA, and two surgical technicians (an instrument technician and a first assistant).
The circulating nurse is responsible for nursing paper chart documentation during the surgery procedure, completing the operating procedure note (simple, Microsoft Word computer based template), and providing any additional items required during surgery (ie instruments, medications, intravenous fluids, etc). The circulating nurse assists with patient transfer to the recovery room and assists with cleanup and operating room turnover for the next surgery patient.
Surgeries at our facility are much easier than hospital surgical procedures because patients are carefully selected and we perform a very narrow set of surgical procedures.
Post-operative recovery. This involves recovering the patient immediate after awakening from general anesthesia, providing post-operative pain medication, providing postoperative education to the patient and responsible adult.
On surgery days there are always a dedicated circulating nurse and a dedicated recovery room nurse.
Prior surgical experience is not required and on the job training can be provided.
Although surgical nursing may seem intimidating to many potential applicants, surgery at A Personal Choice is not as stressful as hospital provided surgery because 1) we perform a very narrow set of surgical procedures (very easy to learn), 2) patients are carefully screened during scheduling and are low risk surgical candidates (very rare to have complicated surgery or a surgical emergency), 3) there is low nursing staff turn over, nursing staff is very well trained and eager to provide assistance if required, and 4) competent and stable anesthesia staffing is always available for consultation and/or assistance.
In summary, the full time nursing position primarily involves scheduling and patient education but also requires cross training in surgery to be able to provide surgery assistance during low surgery census days and on days when surgical staffing requires additional assistance.
For a better idea of the layout of our center including; the operating room, preoperative and postoperative areas watch the following video.
Dr. Charles Monteith is the Medical Director and only surgeon working and performing surgery at A Personal Choice.
Dr. Monteith is easy going, a good teacher, and very approachable.
“The nurse who has the ‘Been there, done that… I got the hospital t-shirt!” attitude will better appreciate working with us in a lower stress setting.”
Dr. Charles Monteith, Medical Director
Dr. Monteith is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr Monteith in consultation
He attended medical school at the University of California at San Francisco and residence at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Monteith worked on the AHEC Ob/Gyn faculty at WakeMed New Bern for eight years and has extensive surgical experience.
For more information: Dr Charles W Monteith Medical Director of A Personal Choice Raleigh NC
As the owner of the facility, Dr. Monteith understands it is in everyone’s best interest to have a well trained staff that can provide great patient care and to have a stable physician presence who is supportive of the staff and their efforts. In short, he is personally motivated to foster a supportive working environment dedicated to providing superior patient care.
The following are the major advantages to having a full time nursing position at A Personal Choice:
“Our patients are very appreciative of our efforts as health care providers. Patients pay a large amount for reversal procedures and these procedures are not covered by health insurance. You would mistakenly believe these patients are more demanding than the average hospital patient…but the opposite is true. Our patients are very appreciative, happy, and hopeful for their futures. I have received far more appreciation working with reversal patients than I ever did when I was working with patients in the hospital.”
Dr. Charles Monteith, Medical Director
The following are qualities we have found to be prominent in successful staff members:
The following are attributes we have found to be ‘deal breakers’ in people who should not apply or who are likely not to last in our environment.
In general, the biggest employment issues have been with 1) those who have unrealistic pay expectations and 2) newly employed staff who have multiple absences.
Unrealistic pay expectations. Many potential employees expect the same level of hourly pay that a hospital provides. This is not realistic for a new hire. There is a reason hospital pay is higher and that is because they expect you to deal with more stress, longer shifts, night/weekend hours, holiday work, and being on call. Office based work is less stressful.
We realize the need to retain good staff. The nurses who have been with us the longest and who are team players have hourly reimbursement comparable to hospital nurses; however, it is not realistic to expect this level of treatment when you are a new hire and an unknown.
Multiple, unplanned absences. Many nurses will leave a hospital to work in an office setting because they have other ‘issues’ in life and they think an office environment will allow more flexibility to deal with these ‘issues’. Although we do offer staff more flexibility than the average hospital setting, flexibility must be earned over time by being a team player rather than automatically assumed because you are in a less stressful work setting.
Please keep in mind we are a smaller office practice. We have 8 to 10 full time staff. When 1 person out of 10 is absent multiple times this causes more of an immediate issue for patient care when compared to 10 people being absent in a hospital staffing pool of over 100 nurses.
Our office is like a small family and is an ideal setting for the appropriate person. We can provide a very comfortable environment to the person with a true team player attitude.
If you are interested in applying for one of our full time nursing jobs, we encourage you to complete the on-line application below.
You should be prepared to attach a resume to the on-line application. You can also email or fax a copy of your resume if necessary.
For more information contact:
Mary Heramia Practice Administrator
Telephone (919) 977-5050
Email: MaryH@tubal-reversal.net
All on-line applications will be emailed directly to Mary Heramia after submission.
We provide a unique surgical experience with personalized attention and one-on-one care. We make every effort to make your surgery less of a process and more of a life’s experience. Please use the buttons below for answers to our frequently asked questions.
Warm and inviting our state of the art surgical facility offers safe, affordable & personalized tubal reversal surgery. Dreams of starting a family become a reality here.
Birth Announcements“Thank you so much for making it possible to bring these two amazing people into our lives.”
– Saratoga Springs, New York
Birth Announcements“You are my heroes. We can never thank you enough.”
– Ontario, Canada
Birth Announcements“We have been so blessed to bring another tubal reversal baby into our family.”
– Buckatunna, Mississippi
Birth Announcements“Ivy is our second Monteith Miracle!”
– APO, Armed Forces Europe
Birth Announcements“It was a leap of faith and we have had a blessed journey.”
– Colorado Springs, Colorado
Birth Announcements“Thank you for making our dreams come true!”
– Nebo, North Carolina
Your questions about reversal surgery will be answered directly and promptly by Dr. Monteith. Please read our most frequently asked questions before submitting your questions. Dr. Monteith will not respond to general medical questions or if you are a patient of another doctor and are contacting him because your doctor is unavailable.* If you have been a patient at our reversal center and have specific questions about your medical care you should contact the reversal staff directly at (919) 977-5050.
Our Office Will Be Closed For The Holidays From December 20th – January 3rd
$1000 Off January Surgeries
$750 Off February Surgeries
$500 Off March Surgeries
Surgery must be completed in the month the discount is provided. Discount is not available to previously scheduled surgeries.
You are welcome to send your medical records to us anytime using the information on our Contact Us page.
