Freestanding Emergency Department Float Registered Nurse PRN Nights

Baptist Health System, Inc.; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Louisville seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Float Pool on a PRN basis, nights. The RN provides care across age groups, collaborating with an inter-professional team and adhering to Kentucky Nurse Practice Act and hospital policies.

The role involves assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, with emphasis on evidence-based practice and professional development. Staff float between KY and IN locations, contributing to patient outcomes and a healthy

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN license.
• Associate’s degree in nursing required.
• BCLS, ACLS, PALS.
• Floating between the current Freestanding ED/UC locations in both Kentucky & IN.

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/reassessment.
• Develops plan of care utilizing appropriate evidence based standards of care.
• Provides care consistent with policies, procedures, current evidence based professional standards of practice and Baptist Health Louisville’s nursing mission, vision, values and model of care.
• Evaluates patient response to treatment.
• Applies critical thinking, clinical reasoning, organizational and leadership skills.

Education

Associate’s degree in nursing

Active Kentucky RN License

Job description

Summary

Job Description:

Registered Nurse, Float Pool- PRN, Nights

Shift: Third

Status: PRN

Job Summary

Registered nurse implements the nursing process for each assigned to his/her care regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) and is responsible for the patient’s care consistent with the Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures. The registered nurse promotes positive patient outcomes and the delivery of quality patient care and initiates change through active involvement in the unit-based and hospital shared governance councils while contributing to a healthy professional practice environment.

National Professional Nursing Standards serve as guidelines for nurses as they utilize critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills and exercise appropriate nursing judgment. The registered nurse collaborates with the inter-professional team to enhance patient outcomes. The registered nurse serves as a role model through actively participating in the process of continuous professional development and lifelong learning. Utilizes the Nursing Process as the framework for providing care.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The following is a summary of the major functions of this position. Registered nurses may perform other duties, not specified in this document and specific functions may change as professional practice and standards evolve.

1. Performs assessment/reassessment

2. Develops plan of care utilizing appropriate evidence based standards of care.

3. Provides care consistent with policies, procedures, current evidence based professional standards of practice and Baptist Health Louisville’s nursing mission, vision, values and model of care.

4. Evaluates patient response to treatment

5. Applies critical thinking, clinical reasoning, organizational and leadership skills.

Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required:

• Active Kentucky RN License.
• Associate’s degree in nursing required.
• BCLS, ACLS, PALS.
• This position will be floating between the current Freestanding ED/UC locations in both Kentucky & IN.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.