Registered Nurse

Baptist Health; Corbin, Northern (KY, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision coverage

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid time off

Bereavement leave

PTO sell-back

PTO donation

Job summary

Baptist Health in Corbin, KY is seeking a Registered Nurse for Outpatient Surgery on the 1st shift. This full-time RN delivers comprehensive perioperative care across preop, intraop, and PACU, ensuring safe, patient-centered care in a fast-paced outpatient setting.

Responsibilities include preoperative assessment, intraoperative circulating nurse duties, postoperative recovery and discharge education, with collaboration among surgeons, anesthesia providers, and the care team.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing is required.
• Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current Kentucky RN license or Kentucky work permit.
• No experience required.
• perioperative, critical care, or emergency department experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform preoperative assessments and develop plans of care.
• Provide circulating, perioperative, and PACU nursing care.
• Coordinate discharge planning and patient education.
• Collaborate with physicians, anesthesia providers, and the interdisciplinary team to deliver safe, patient-centered care.

Skills

RN licensure

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Job description

Registered Nurse Outpatient Surgery Full-Time | 1st Shift BHCOR-Surgical Services I Corbin, KY

OSC consists of Preop unit with 6 bays, intra op, phase 2 recovery has 4 bays, isolation room has 2 bays, they get the patients ready for endoscopy procedures, perform the procedure, recovery the patient, and discharge the patients from that area. Provides comprehensive nursing care to patients undergoing outpatient surgical and procedural services. Responsibilities include preoperative assessment and preparation, intraoperative circulating nurse duties, post anesthesia recovery care, and discharge planning and education. The RN utilizes critical thinking, clinical judgment, and evidence-based practice to coordinate safe, efficient, and patient-centered care throughout the perioperative continuum. The RN collaborates with physicians, anesthesia providers, surgical staff, patients, and families to ensure optimal patient outcomes while maintaining compliance with organizational policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements. The RN serves as a patient advocate, promotes a culture of safety and quality, and demonstrates accountability for ongoing professional development and excellence in patient care.

Description

Performs preoperative assessments, develops plans of care, provides patient education, coordinates discharge planning, and documents patient care. Provides circulating, perioperative, and PACU nursing care while ensuring patient safety and quality outcomes. Monitors patient status, responds to changes in condition, and manages emergencies using sound clinical judgment. Collaborates with physicians, anesthesia providers, and the interdisciplinary team to deliver safe, patient-centered care. Serves as a patient advocate while promoting effective communication, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance. Demonstrates leadership through delegation, teamwork, mentoring, and professional development. Maintains required licensure, certifications, competencies, and compliance with organizational policies and safety standards.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing required
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Current Kentucky RN license or Kentucky work permit
• No experience required
• perioperative, critical care, or emergency department experience preferred

Post-Hire Requirements

• BLS (American Heart Association) within 30 days
• Glucometer Training upon hire
• Aegis Training as required

Benefits

• Health
• Vision
• Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

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.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION 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.