Emergency Department Charge Nurse Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, IN is seeking a Charge Nurse for the Emergency Department on the night shift (7P-7A). This full-time leadership role oversees staffing, coordinates care delivery, and provides direct patient care during busy shifts.

Entry-level leadership with strong teamwork is encouraged, with competitive salaries and excellent benefits. The ED treats a wide range of emergencies and is a Magnet/Pathway designated facility, offering a fast-paced environment and opportunities

Qualifications

• Active Indiana RN license or graduate of approved nursing program.
• ACLS, PALS, NIHSS certifications expected within defined timelines.
• Minimum 1 year nursing experience; ED experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as a resource nurse and lead the unit on designated shifts.
• Coordinate patient flow and staffing fluctuations on nights.
• Supervise staff and address immediate staffing issues.
• Provide direct patient care while ensuring safety and quality care.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Staff supervision

Education

RN license Indiana/Compact

Graduate of approved nursing program

BLS certified

ACLS certified

PALS certified

NIHSS certified

Tools

BLS

ACLS

PALS

NIHSS

Job description

Summary (3) 12's per week. Occasional Weekends required, Holidays as required.

Job Description

Seeking Charge Nurse! Baptist Health Floyd, Emergency Department Full-Time (36 hours/week), Nights (7P-7A) Benefit Eligible

Job Duties

Responsible for acting as a resource nurse for the department. This is an entry-level leadership position responsible for the coordination of care on designated shifts. He/she will provide leadership to the staff members of the unit in patient care. This position will work alongside the team and provide direct patient care while determining needed staffing fluctuations during shifts, responding to departmental concerns, address immediate staff issues and coordinate patient flow. This position has immediate oversight of employees while performing the same or directly related work as those the position leads.

About the Unit

The Emergency Department (ED) has 41 beds divided between two pods with 37 private rooms. A split-flow area is located near main triage and provides care to lower acuity patients. Split flow varies from 5-8 patients and is run by 1-2 nurses and a mid-level provider. This fast-paced ED treats an average of 160+ patients per day. ED staff encounter a wide variety of patients including acute cardiovascular and neurovascular emergencies, general medical emergencies, traumatic injuries, and psychiatric patients. The ED is recognized by the American Heart Association as both a STEMI receiving center and a designated Primary Stroke Center. New Graduate RNs are welcome.

Qualifications

• Current Indiana or compact state RN license, or graduate of approved nursing program BLS for healthcare provider required.
• ACLS certification required (obtained within 12 months of hire).
• PALS certification required (obtained within 12 months of hire).
• NIHSS certification required (obtained within 10 weeks of hire).
• One year of nursing experience required; One year of experience in area of specialty preferred.

Baptist Health Floyd is a Pathway to Excellence® designated organization.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

We are conveniently located 10 minutes from downtown Louisville at 1850 State Street, New Albany, IN 47150.

EOE.

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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