Registered Nurse House Float PRN Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Kentucky; On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the House Float - PRN team for night shifts. The RN implements the nursing process for assigned patients across the age spectrum and coordinates care within the nursing department.

The requirements include an Associate’s degree in nursing, active Kentucky RN license, BCLS, ACLS, NIHSS, and NRP for staff at the Women’s Center; two years of critical care experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in nursing required.
• Active Kentucky RN License.
• Two years critical care experience preferred.
• BCLS certification required.
• ACLS certification required.
• NIHSS certification required.
• NRP certification required for employees assigned to work within the George & Beverly Rawling’s Women’s Center.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient clinical status.
• Develops a plan of care.
• Implementation of the nursing plan of care.
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the care plan.
• Communication and validation of patient care information.

Education

Associate’s degree in nursing

Job description

Summary Job Description: Registered Nurse, House Float- PRN, Nights Status: PRN Shift: Third

Job Summary: A registered nurse implements the nursing process for each patient/resident (pediatric to geriatrics depending on scope of care in the nursing department in which he/she works) assigned to his/her care.

• Assesses patient clinical status.
• Develops a plan of care.
• Implementation of the nursing plan of care.
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the care plan.
• Communication and validation of patient care information.

Requirements:

• Associate’s degree in nursing required.
• Active Kentucky RN License.
• Two years critical care experience preferred.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required.
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification required.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required (for employees assigned to work within the George & Beverly Rawling’s Women’s Center).

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.

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.