Mixed Acuity Critical Care Registered Nurse Full Time Nights

BHS; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus

Job summary

Baptist Health Louisville is seeking a Registered Nurse for a full-time night shift in the Mixed Acuity Unit. The role covers three 12-hour shifts per week (7p–7a) with every third weekend, requiring flexible support shifts.

The nurse will apply the nursing process across age groups, collaborate with the care team, and participate in governance to ensure high-quality patient outcomes and professional development.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN license required.
• BCLS required within 90 days of employment.
• ACLS required within 6 months for experienced staff nurses and within 12 months for new grads.

Responsibilities

• Perform assessments and reassessments to guide care.
• Develop care plans using evidence-based standards.
• Provide care consistent with policies and standards and Baptist Health Louisville’s mission.
• Evaluate patient responses to treatment and adjust as needed.
• Apply critical thinking and leadership within the clinical team.

Skills

Nursing care

Telemetry experience

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Active Kentucky RN License

Job description

Summary

Job Description:

Full Time 36 weekly hours, night shift - three 12-hour shifts per week (7p to 7a) & every third weekend. Support shifts required.

_ Sign on Bonus eligible for experienced candidates! _

Critical Care Mixed Acuity Unit

Mixed Acuity Unit is both a critical care and telemetry unit specializing in medical critical care. Staff in this department will receive both critical care and telemetry training and will see the whole realm of nursing. Care ranges from young adult through geriatric patient population.

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

1. Active Kentucky License

2. BCLS Required within 90 days of employment.

3. ACLS will be required within six months for experienced staff nurses and within one year for new graduate nurses.

Work Experience

Education

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.