Registered Nurse NICU Full Time Nights

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

Job summary

Baptist Health seeks a Registered Nurse in the NICU for a full-time night shift (Third). The NICU provides level III care for very preterm and high-acuity infants, with a 12-bed unit and cross-training to newborn nursery and deliveries as needed.

BCLS and NRP are required within 90 days of hire, and Kentucky RN licensure is mandatory. Ideal candidates hold an Associate's degree in nursing, have NICU experience preferred, and are committed to clinical excellence, teamwork, and innovation within a

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in nursing.
• Active Kentucky License.
• BCLS required within 90 days of hire.
• NRP required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Implements the nursing process for each assigned patient (infancy to geriatric) and delivers care consistent with Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies.
• Promotes positive patient outcomes and contributes to a healthy professional practice environment.
• Participates in unit-based and hospital governance councils to drive quality care and teamwork.

Education

Associate's degree in nursing

Job description

Summary Job Description

Registered Nurse NICU- Full Time, Nights Status: Full Time Shift: Third

About the Unit

The NICU provides level III care to infants as early as 26 weeks gestation. NICU is comprised of 12, all private rooms, with the ability to hold up to 18 patients. NICU nurses care for two to three patients, depending on acuity. Nurses also cross-train to the newborn nursery and assist with deliveries as needed. NICU experience is desired to include experience with high-flow oxygen therapy and ventilators; however, a limited number of new graduate nurses are accepted each year. BCLS and NRP is/will be required.

Job Summary

Registered nurse implements the nursing process for each assigned to his/her care regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) and is responsible for the patient’s care consistent with the Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures. The registered nurse promotes positive patient outcomes, and the delivery of quality patient care and initiates change through active involvement in the unit-based and hospital shared governance councils while contributing to a healthy professional practice environment.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in nursing.
• Active Kentucky License.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required within 90 days of hire.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 90 days of hire.

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

About Baptist Health

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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