Registered Nurse (RN)

Summary

Job Description:

Job Description

Registered Nurse: Medical-Surgical-Telemetry unit. 

Unit Overview:  

6B is a 23-bed post interventional telemetry unit. Staff receive specialized training for post catheterization, femoral sheaths, and Tikosyn administration. Medical and post-procedural patients are cared for on this unit in addition to complex GI Oncology surgical post-op patients and inpatients needing chemotherapy and telemetry. 

Shift: Part-Time, Nights 

Job Description: 

• The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. 

• Employee honors patients' mind, body, and spirit by respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of each individual. 

• Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research, as well as hospital and department policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. 

• Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. 

• The Registered Nurse is an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness. 

• As a clinical nurse, this individual spends majority of his/her time (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc. 

Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required: 

• Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky. 

• Bachelor's or an associate degree in nursing from an accredited college/university. 

• Those with an associate degree in nursing and less than 10 years of experience must enroll within 12 months of hire in a bachelor’s degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years. 

• Basic Life Support- Applicants will have 30 days from their hired date to provide completion of this certification if they don’t have it already. 

• ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of Assignment. 

Benefits:   

• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance 

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually  

• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave  

• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)  

• PTO Sell Back Program  

• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) 

• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support  

• Retirement with Company Match 

• Identity Theft Protection 

• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire  

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.