Registered Nurse Cardiovascular Unit Full Time Days

Baptist Health; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Cardiovascular Unit. This full-time day shift (7a-7p) includes every third weekend rotation and a potential bonus for qualified candidates.

The unit features CVI and CVU with 31 beds total; cares for patients pre- and post-cardiac interventions and post-op cardiac surgery, with continuous monitoring. RNs assess patient needs, implement care plans, and provide education to patients and families.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN license required.
• BCLS and ACLS certification required.
• New graduates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs, implement interventions and maintain a nursing care plan.
• Provide care from intervention to discharge and support patient families.

Skills

Critical thinking

BCLS

ACLS

Education

Kentucky RN license

Job description

Summary Job Description

Seeking Registered Nurse for Cardiovascular Unit! Full Time, Day (7a-7p - every 3rd weekend rotation) Bonus Eligible for Qualified Candidates

Join our team in the Cardiovascular Unit as a Registered Nurse, working Full Time, 36 Hours Weekly. This is a Progressive Care Unit that consists of 15 beds on CVI and 16 beds on CVU. CVI specializes in caring for patients pre- and post-cardiac interventions such as PTCA, cardioversion, and generator implants, as well as those with atypical chest pain requiring cardiac monitoring. CVU provides post-op care for cardiac surgery patients following open-heart recovery. Our RN's care for patients through their entire journey, from intervention to discharge. New graduate nurses are encouraged to apply. The Cardiac Nurse assesses patient needs, implements interventions, and maintains a nursing care plan to address those needs. Strong critical thinking skills are essential as nurses provide technical care and act as resources to guide patients and families through their cardiac journey.

Requirements

• Active Kentucky RN License
• BCLS Required
• ACLS Required

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.

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