New Grad RN Progressive Care

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 54,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Floyd is seeking a New Grad Registered Nurse for the Progressive Care Unit (PCU). This full-time night position (36 hours weekly, 7pm-7am) places you in a 32-bed PCU focusing on cardiovascular care and a high-acuity patient population.

New graduates and LPNs are welcome. This role offers competitive salaries and benefits within a respected health system located near Louisville, KY, in New Albany, IN.

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).

Responsibilities

• Direct comprehensive nursing care for the patient from admission to discharge.
• On-shift team member providing direct patient care to meet patient, family, and coworker needs.

Skills

Current Indiana RN license

BLS for Healthcare Provider

ACLS Certification (within 12 months)

Job description

Summary Job Description: Seeking New Grad Registered Nurse! Baptist Health Floyd, Progressive Care Unit Full-time (36 Hours Weekly), Nights (7pm-7am)

Job Duties

• In this role, the RN will be responsible and accountable for direct comprehensive nursing care for the patient from admission to discharge.
• The Registered Nurse will function as an on-shift team member providing direct patient care to meet the needs of patients, families, and co-workers.

About the Unit

The Progressive Care Unit, also known as PCU, is a 32-bed intermediate level of care unit between the Inpatient Units and the Critical Care units. While the unit specializes in cardiovascular care nurses will encounter a variety of diagnoses, such as CHF, dysrhythmias, DKA, respiratory issues, sepsis, etc. While working closely with an interdisciplinary team, nurses provide excellent care for a high acuity-based population. PCU is a great place for nurses to cultivate and expand their assessment skills while managing several drips and other specialized procedures. New Graduate RNs and LPNs 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).

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

About Baptist Health

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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