Pre/Post Charge RN

Baptist Health; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Louisville, KY is seeking a Charge Nurse for the Pre-Post Surgical Department at the Eastpoint location. This clinical leadership role coordinates patient care, supports staff, and ensures efficient daily operations in a fast-paced setting.

The successful candidate will have at least two years of patient-care experience, an active Kentucky RN license, and BCLS certification, with CNOR and prior management experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Two years relevant patient-care experience required.
• Active Kentucky RN license required.
• BCLS required.
• CNOR preferred
• Prior management experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care, support team members, and ensure smooth daily operations in Pre/Post Surgical department.
• Serve as a clinical leader and trusted resource for staff, fostering teamwork and patient safety.

Education

RN license (KY)

Job description

Summary Job Description

Pre-Post Charge Nurse Baptist Surgery Center Eastpoint 40 Hours Weekly, Full Time, Dayshift

Are you a passionate nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership career? As a Charge Nurse, you will play a vital role in coordinating patient care, supporting team members, and ensuring smooth daily operations within our Pre/Post Surgical department. You will serve as a clinical leader and trusted resource for staff, helping create a safe, efficient, and patient-focused environment. Working closely with the Nurse Manager, the Charge Nurse assists with patient care coordination, staffing support, team development, and quality improvement initiatives. This role is ideal for a nurse who thrives in a fast-paced setting, demonstrates strong clinical expertise, communicates effectively, and enjoys mentoring others while delivering exceptional patient care. The successful candidate is organized, adaptable, and committed to fostering teamwork, patient safety, and positive outcomes for patients and their families.

Experience and Education Requirements

• Two years relevant patient-care experience required.
• Active Kentucky RN license required
• BCLS required
• CNOR Preferred
• Prior management experience preferred

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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