Float RN

CommonSpirit Health; Bardstown (KY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $10,000

Student loan assistance up to $24,000

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, KY is seeking an RN on our Float/Flex Team to deliver compassionate, high‑quality care, perform skilled assessments, and implement patient care plans in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary environment.

The role requires KY RN license, BLS; ACLS within 90 days and PALS within 6 months; trauma care readiness. Eligible for up to $10,000 sign-on bonus and up to $24,000 in student loan assistance.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program and KY RN license.
• 1-3 years of RN experience in an acute care facility; CCU/Telemetry preferred.
• BLS required; ACLS within 90 days; PALS within 6 months; trauma care readiness.

Responsibilities

• Conducts assessments and determines care needs.
• Completes system-based and hospital competencies.
• Documents observations, treatments, and responses in the plan of care.
• Collaborates with patients and families to plan and direct care.
• Assesses and administers medications safely and accurately.
• Delegates routine technical functions to staff as appropriate.

Skills

Care assessment

Critical thinking

Documentation

Patient care

Medication administration

Team delegation

Education

KY RN license

Tools

BLS

ACLS

PALS

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

This position is eligible for up to a $10,000 sign-on bonus AND up to $24,000 Student Loan Assistance

As a Registered Nurse (RN) on our Float/Flex Team, you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery while presenting a positive attitude and being reliable. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient‑first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast‑paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Conducts care assessments and interprets assessment data to determine care needs and constraints in meeting these needs.
• Successfully completes system‐based and hospital specific competencies.
• Maintains accurate documentation of observations, treatments, teaching, medications, care given, patient response, and integrates into plan of care.
• In collaboration with patients and families (as defined by the patient) the Registered Nurse is responsible for evaluating, planning, directing and administering care to the patient. Implements plan of care based upon established standards of care/practice, policies, and procedures, incorporating cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age‑related issues.
• Possesses knowledge of medications, and administers safely and accurately.
• Appropriately delegates and supervises routine technical functions to non‑licensed and licensed personnel.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduation from an accredited/approved school of nursing and 1-3 years Minimum two years of experience as an RN in an acute care facility, upon hire and
• 1-3 years For Critical Care areas, two years of Critical Care experience, upon hire and
• 1-3 years For Telemetry areas, one year of Telemetry, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 90 Days and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 - months and
• Trauma Nurse Core Course, within 12 - months and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and 1-3 years For Telemetry areas, two years of Telemetry, upon hire
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Flaget Memorial Hospital, a 52-bed facility located in Bardstown, Kentucky. Founded in 1951 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Flaget Memorial Hospital is recognized as a 2023 Best Place to Work in Kentucky. CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Pay Range

$30.00 - $43.50 /hour