Charge Nurse Surgical Services

Baptist Health; Corbin (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Paid Time Off

Bereavement Leave

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Corbin, KY is seeking a Charge Nurse for full-time, 1st shift in Surgical Services. The Surgery Lead RN coordinates daily operations, patient flow, staffing, room turnovers, and readiness for surgery in a 10-OR facility serving patients of all ages.

The role emphasizes leadership, adherence to AORN standards, staff development, and collaboration with Preop/PACU teams. Kentucky RN licensure, an associate degree, and CNOR preferred, with on-call requirements and opportunities for

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Nursing and Kentucky RN licensure required.
• Minimum 1 year of job-related experience.
• BLS within 30 days; ACLS and PALS within 90 days.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree and CNOR certification; supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and clinical oversight for Surgical Services staff and daily operations.
• Coordinates patient flow, staffing, room turnovers, scheduling, and readiness for surgery.
• Delivers evidence-based perioperative care per AORN standards and hospital policy.
• Supports staff orientation, education, and performance feedback; ensures compliance and improvement activities.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff coordination

Patient flow management

Team supervision

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Kentucky RN licensure

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

CNOR certification (preferred)

Tools

Glucometer Training

Aegis Training

Nurse Wound Care training

Job description

Summary Job Description: Charge Nurse Full-Time I 1st Shift BHCOR-Surgical Services I Corbin, KY Surgical Services consists of 10 OR’s. The OR and PACU provide care 24 hours a day, with on-call personnel from 2:30PM to 7:00AM, and weekends for patients of all ages who require emergency and elective surgical procedures. The Surgery Lead RN is responsible for coordinating the daily activities of the Surgery unit. The Surgery Charge RN works closely with the Preop/PACU to ensure patient flow efficiencies. Also, as a Registered Nurse, implements the nursing process for each patient assigned to his/her care.

Description:

Provides leadership and clinical oversight for Surgical Services staff and daily operations. Coordinates patient flow, staffing assignments, room turnovers, scheduling, supplies, and surgical readiness. Delivers and oversees safe, evidence-based perioperative patient care in accordance with AORN standards and hospital policies. Supports staff orientation, education, competency development, performance feedback, and policy/procedure updates. Monitors quality, safety, documentation, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement activities. Serves as a liaison and clinical resource for nursing staff, physicians, ancillary departments, and Pre-op/PACU teams.

Minimum Requirements:

• Associate degree in Nursing from an accredited school of Nursing with current Kentucky RN licensure
• Minimum 1 year of job-related experience
• BLS within 30 days
• ACLS and PALS within 90 days
• Glucometer Training upon hire
• Aegis Training per identified needs
• Nurse Wound Care within 30 days
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree
• Previous supervisory experience and CNOR certification

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. 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.

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. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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