5 South Observation Unit RN FT Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for the 5 South Observation Unit to support the Emergency Department and telemetry units. This role offers a fast-paced, team-based care environment with favorable nurse-to-patient ratios and opportunities tailored to telemetry, ED, ICU/CCU backgrounds.

Active Kentucky RN license, BCLS and ACLS are required with NIH preferred; position emphasizes acute care settings and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN license required.
• BCLS required.
• ACLS required.
• NIH preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide fast-paced, team-based care in the 5 South Observation Unit.
• Support ED and telemetry units by observing low-acuity patients.
• Care area suitable for RNs with telemetry, ED, intermediate or ambulatory care backgrounds.

Skills

Telemetry background

ED experience

ICU/CCU experience

Education

Active Kentucky RN license

BCLS Certification

ACLS Certification

NIH preferred

Job description

Summary ACLS BLS NIH Certification- training available 12 Lead EKG- training available Phlebotomy

About the Unit

The 5 South Observation Unit will function in support of both our Emergency Department and telemetry units by allowing us to observe low acuity patients for a slightly extended period of time in order to determine whether they need to be admitted to a telemetry unit. This will be a fast-paced, exciting work environment with terrific nurse to patient ratios that would be a great fit for nurses with a background in Telemetry, ED, ICU/CCU, and more.

Job Duties

• This will be a fast-paced, exciting work environment with a team approach care model.
• The unit would be a great fit for Registered Nurses with a background in Telemetry, ED, intermediate care, or ambulatory care and more.

Minimum Education, Training, and Experience

• Active Kentucky RN BCLS Required
• ACLS Required
• NIH preferred
• Work Experience Education

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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