CCU Mixed Acuity Critical Care Registered Nurse Full Time Nights

Baptist Health; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Registered Nurse for the Critical Care Mixed Acuity Unit at Baptist Health Louisville provides care across the lifespan from infancy to geriatrics. The role follows Kentucky Nursing Laws and hospital policies, promoting positive patient outcomes and a collaborative, evidence-based practice environment.

Responsibilities include assessment, planning, and evaluation of patient care, with participation in unit-based governance and a commitment to professional development and lifelong learning.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky License and BCLS required.
• ACLS required within six months for experienced staff nurses and within one year for new graduates.
• Sign on Bonus eligible for experienced candidates.

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/reassessment
• Develops plan of care utilizing appropriate evidence based standards of care
• Provides care consistent with Baptist Health Louisville policies and standards
• Evaluates patient response to treatment
• Applies critical thinking, clinical reasoning, organizational and leadership skills

Skills

Critical thinking

Clinical reasoning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Active Kentucky License

BCLS

ACLS

Job description

Summary

Full Time 36 weekly hours, night shift - three 12-hour shifts per week (7p to 7a) & every third weekend. Support shifts required.

Job Description

Sign on Bonus eligible for experienced candidates!

Critical Care Mixed Acuity Unit

Mixed Acuity Unit is both a critical care and telemetry unit specializing in medical critical care. Staff in this department will receive both critical care and telemetry training and will see the whole realm of nursing. Care ranges from young adult through geriatric patient population.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse implements the nursing process for each assigned to his/her care regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) and is responsible for the patient's care consistent with the Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures. The registered nurse promotes positive patient outcomes and the delivery of quality patient care and initiates change through active involvement in the unit-based and hospital shared governance councils while contributing to a healthy professional practice environment.

National Professional Nursing Standards serve as guidelines for nurses as they utilize critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills and exercise appropriate nursing judgment. The registered nurse collaborates with the inter-professional team to enhance patient outcomes. The registered nurse serves as a role model through actively participating in the process of continuous professional development and lifelong learning. Utilizes the Nursing Process as the framework for providing care.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/reassessment
• Develops plan of care utilizing appropriate evidence based standards of care.
• Provides care consistent with policies, procedures, current evidence based professional standards of practice and Baptist Health Louisville's nursing mission, vision, values and model of care.
• Evaluates patient response to treatment
• Applies critical thinking, clinical reasoning, organizational and leadership skills.

Minimum Education, Training, and Experience

• Active Kentucky License
• BCLS Required within 90 days of employment.
• ACLS will be required within six months for experienced staff nurses and within one year for new graduate nurses.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.