Charge Nurse

Baptist Health; Lexington (KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Preventive Plan

Life Insurance

Retirement Plans

Flimp Decisions

Job summary

Baptist Health in Lexington, KY seeks a Charge Nurse for 3F Telemetry, a 24-bed unit supporting our stroke program and neurology/neurosurgery care. The role focuses on shift leadership, coordinating staff workflow and delivering direct nursing care, admissions, transfers and discharges.

The Charge Nurse acts as an exemplar of compassion and teamwork, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care on a busy telemetry floor with overflow for orthopedic patients.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN license.
• Basic Life Support certification; must obtain within 30 days if not on file.
• ACLS and/or other designated unit specific certification training/requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing; BSN to be completed within 5 years of starting program.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision of workflow and staff for a designated shift.
• Assure provision of patient care and address issues/concerns as appropriate.
• Coordinate nursing rounds, assessments, treatments, and care planning on the unit.
• Support admissions, transfers and discharges and educate patients and families.

Skills

Shift leadership

Staff coordination

Patient care

Care coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

BSN in progress

Job description

Charge Nurse page is loaded## Charge Nurselocations: Lexington, KYtime type: Part timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: R26107874**Summary****Job Description:****Charge Nurse**, 3FPart-time, days**About the Unit:** 3F is a 24-bed Telemetry unit. This unit supports our comprehensive stroke program. Specializing in the care of Neurology, Neurosurgery, TIA, and CVA. This unit also serves as an overflow for orthopedic patients. The patient population is transferred from ICU, ED, and PACU.Charge Nurse provides shift leadership and coordinates staff workflow to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality patient care. Supports clinical operations, addresses patient care concerns, and provides direct nursing care, including assessments, treatments, care coordination, education, admissions, transfers, and discharges.**Job Description:*** Under the direction of Unit Director, Clinical House Supervisor, +/or Designee:* Provides supervision of workflow and staff for a designated shift in overseeing the efficient functioning of the department.* Assures the provision of patient care, by addressing performance, risk management, patient, family and physician issues/concerns as appropriate.* The Charge 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, the charge nurse 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:*** Active Kentucky RN license.* 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 and/or other designated unit specific certification training/requirements.* Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or currently actively pursuing a BSN degree. (BSN degree must be completed within 5 years of starting program).* Minimum of one year of Registered Nurse experience.**Benefits: Part-Time 4 weekly hours (0.1 FTE) - 23.99 weekly hours (0.60FTE)*** Preventive Plan* Life Insurance* Retirement Plans* Flimp Decisions - Flimp Decisions will help you pick the best value plan option given your expected medical needs. The proprietary algorithm provides a personalized financial analysis and recommendation, considering both premium and expected out-of-pocket cost (copays, etc.), as well as other important plan features.### *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.(blob:https://bhs.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/ef77831e-0d38-4bd9-9945-3fd08243d13f)0:00 / 2:44