Clinic RN Pediatrics

BHMG Baptist Health Medical Group Inc.; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BHMG Pediatrics in Kentucky is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide direct patient care in the clinic setting. The RN triages patients, assesses needs, administers treatments, and coordinates care in collaboration with providers, ensuring safe and high-quality outcomes.

The ideal candidate holds an Associate's degree in nursing or higher, an active RN license in the practice state, and BLS (ACLS as required).

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in nursing or higher.
• Active RN license in the state of practice (Kentucky, Indiana, etc).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 90 days of hire; ACLS may be required.
• Please seek departmental guidelines regarding ACLS.

Responsibilities

• Triages patients and assesses needs.
• Administers treatments and provides nursing interventions.
• Coordinates care with healthcare providers.
• Provides patient education and advocacy.
• Works autonomously within the nursing scope of practice.

Skills

Strong clinical judgment

Critical thinking

Autonomous practice

Education

Associate's degree in nursing

RN license

Job description

Summary Job Description: BHMG Pediatrics Job Summary The Registered Nurse (RN) in the clinic/practice setting serves as a licensed, professional nurse, responsible for direct patient care, clinical decision-making, patient education, and coordination of care in collaboration with healthcare providers. The RN triages patients, assesses needs, administers treatments, and provides nursing interventions, ensuring safe and high-quality care. The RN plays a critical role in patient advocacy and care planning, serving as a key resource for both patients and clinical staff. This role requires strong clinical judgment, critical thinking, and the ability to work autonomously within the nursing scope of practice.

Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required: Associate's degree in nursing or higher from an accredited RN program Active RN license in the state of practice (Kentucky, Indiana, etc.) Basic Life Support via the American Heart Association within 90 days of hire, if not already obtained. Some RN positions require ACLS certification. Please seek departmental guidelines.

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 centres, 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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