Registered Nurse PRN, Main Pre Post Surgery

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 41,328,000 - 63,370,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Registered Nurse PRN for the Main OR PrePost Surgery team. You will implement the nursing process for patients across all ages, collaborating with an inter-professional team to enhance outcomes and support continuous professional development.

The role emphasizes critical thinking and delivering safe, high-quality care. Responsibilities include leading by example, adhering to Kentucky Nursing Laws and hospital policies, and providing compassionate, patient-centered

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN License (required) and BCLS due within 90 days of hire.
• ACLS and PALS certifications required within 6 months of hire.
• Proven ability to implement the nursing process and ensure safe patient care.

Responsibilities

• Implement the nursing process for assigned patients per policy.
• Collaborate with inter-professional team to improve patient outcomes.
• Lead by example and participate in professional development and governance.
• Apply clinical reasoning to deliver safe, effective care.

Skills

Active Kentucky RN License

BCLS Certification

ACLS Certification

PALS Certification

Critical Thinking

Job description

Summary Job Description: Registered Nurse PRN Main OR PrePost Surgery Join a Collaborative, Patient-Centered Team! Are you a dedicated Registered Nurse looking to make a meaningful impact on patient care? Join our healthcare team and play a key role in providing quality care across all ages—infancy to geriatrics. You’ll be responsible for implementing the nursing process, promoting positive patient outcomes, and contributing to a professional and supportive environment.

What You’ll Do:

Implement the nursing process for assigned patients, ensuring care aligns with Kentucky Nursing Laws and hospital policies. Collaborate with a diverse, inter-professional team to enhance patient outcomes. Lead by example and contribute to continuous professional development and shared governance. Use critical thinking and clinical reasoning to deliver safe, effective care.

Requirements:

• Active Kentucky RN License BCLS certification (required within 90 days of hire)
• ACLS & PALS certification (required within 6 months)

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.