3GH Ortho/Spine/Neuro/Telemetry- Staff RN- Full time Dayshift

BHS; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Ins.

Life Insurance

Disability and Life Insurance

Identity Theft Protection

Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000/yr

Maternity and Paternity Leave

5 days PTO upon hire

Bereavement Leave (pets included)

PTO Sell Back

Compassionate Leave Sharing (PTO)

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for a full-time, first-shift role in its telemetry/medical-surgical unit in Kentucky. The RN will deliver compassionate, evidence-based care, coordinate admissions, transfers and discharges, and educate patients and families as part of an integrated care plan.

The role emphasizes patient-centered assessment, treatment and care coordination on a busy unit serving orthopedic, neuro/spine, stroke and cardiac patients.

Qualifications

• Current RN licensure in Kentucky.
• Bachelor’s or an associate degree in nursing from an accredited college/university.
• If ADN and <10 years experience, enroll in BS within 12 months and finish within 5 years.
• BLR: Basic life support required within 30 days of hire if not on file.
• ACLS/PALS/NRP and dysrhythmia class completion as required by department.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care through assessment, treatment, care coordination, education, and individualized care planning.
• Support admissions, transfers, and discharges on the unit.
• Coordinate patient care with emphasis on rounds, assessments, treatments and family education.

Skills

Compassionate care

Care coordination

Patient education

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Associate degree in Nursing

RN licensure in Kentucky

Tools

ACLS

PALS

NRP

Dysrhythmia class

Job description

Summary

Job Description:

Registered Nurse

Full-Time, First Shift

3G & H

3G & H is a 37-bed telemetry/medical surgical unit specializing in but not limited to orthopedic/neuro/spine patients. The unit serves as a secondary stroke unit as well as general cardiac/telemetry patients. The patients are transferred from PACU, ED, interventional areas, and direct admissions from MD offices.

The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, evidence-based nursing care through assessment, treatment, care coordination, patient and family education, and individualized care planning while supporting admissions, transfers, and discharges.

**Job Description:**

• The Registered Nurse (RN) implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person, and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness.
• The Registered Nurse (RN) 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.
• Applicants 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
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• 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

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.