House Float Registered Nurse PRN Days

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a PRN, night shift House Float Nurse to support multiple inpatient units as staffing needs arise.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of acute care hospital experience, an active Kentucky RN license, BCLS, and ACLS within 6 months. The role requires flexibility to float to various areas and provide skilled nursing care as needed.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN License.
• BCLS certification required.
• ACLS certification required within 6 months.
• Minimum of two years acute care experience.

Responsibilities

• The House Float Nurse assesses and identifies patient needs and implements appropriate interventions for the patient.
• The Nurse establishes and maintains a plan for the delivery of nursing care; ensures care interventions resolve problems and performs technical tasks.
• House Float nurses must have strong critical thinking skills and move quickly between situations.

Education

RN License KY

Job description

Summary Job Description

PRN, Nights About the Unit: The House Float Pool consists of seasoned, experienced nurses who can work on any inpatient unit that is in need of additional staffing. The House Float department is also home to the house management staff who allocate staffing resources, provide guidance when issues present and supervise the float staff. Nurses need a minimum of two years recent acute care nursing experience in the hospital setting and be comfortable floating to multiple areas.

Job Duties

• The House Float Nurse assesses and identifies patient needs and implements appropriate interventions for the patient.
• The Nurse establishes and maintains a plan for the delivery of nursing care; assures that nursing care interventions and activities are directed to resolve problems; and performs technical aspects of care competently.
• House Float nurses must have strong critical thinking skills and the ability to move from situation-to-situation quickly.

Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required

• Active Kentucky RN License
• BCLS Required
• ACLS Required within 6 months
• A minimum of two years acute care experience required

Company Overview

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.

Notice of Nondiscrimination 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. Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.