Open Heart Recovery Charge Nurse Full Time Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

BHS Baptist Healthcare System in Kentucky is seeking a Charge Nurse on a full-time night shift (three 12-hour shifts, 7P-7A). The role coordinates care on designated shifts, provides unit leadership, and supports patient outcomes under the Kentucky Nurse Practice Act.

This entry-level management position emphasizes collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, commitment to professional development, and participation in governance councils to improve care quality.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN license.
• Two years relevant patient care experience required.
• BCLS Required.
• ACLS Required.

Responsibilities

• Assists the Nurse Manager with operational activities of unit
• Assists the Nurse Manager with management of patient care delivery on the unit
• Demonstrates Clinical proficiency utilizing the nursing process
• Demonstrates organizational skills in providing patient care
• Collaborates with the nurse manager to support performance improvement activities
• Participates in development of nursing staff
• Leadership and critical thinking

Job description

Summary Job Description: Full Time 36 weekly hours, night shift - three 12 hour shifts, 7P-7A Sign On Bonus eligible for experienced Cardiac or Open Heart Nurses! Job Summary: The CN is an entry-level management position responsible for the coordination of care on designated shifts. He/she will provide leadership to the staff members of the unit in the area of patient care.

A) As a Registered nurse, he/she implements the nursing process for each patient regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) assigned to his/her care and is responsible for the patient’s care within the parameters of the Kentucky Nurse Practice Act. The charge nurse promotes positive patient outcomes, quality of care and initiates change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared-governance councils.

B) National Professional Nursing Standards serve as guidelines for the charge nurse as he/she utilizes critical thinking skills and exercises appropriate nursing judgement. The charge nurse will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Also, the charge nurse will serve as a role model by actively participating in the process of continuous professional development, teaching and learning across the healthcare continuum.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists the Nurse Manager with operational activities of unit
• Assists the Nurse Manager with management of patient care delivery on the unit
• Demonstrates Clinical proficiency utilizing the nursing process
• Demonstrates organizational skills in providing patient care
• Collaborates with the nurse manager to support performance improvement activities
• Participates in development of nursing staff
• Leadership and critical thinking

Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required

• Active Kentucky RN license
• Two years relevant patient care experience required.
• BCLS Required.
• ACLS Required.

Work Experience Education

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, 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. 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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