Registered Nurse (RN)

Baptist Health; Kentucky; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Bereavement leave

Retirement with match

Job summary

Baptist Health’s 2B ICU in Kentucky is hiring a Registered Nurse to provide patient-centered care in a 19-bed neuro ICU. The role emphasizes coordination, rounds, education, and treatment planning in a high-acuity unit within a comprehensive stroke program.

The RN will lead admissions, transfers, and discharges while delivering evidence-based care and family education. Evening/night shifts are available, with a sign-on bonus for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky.
• Bachelor's or an associate degree in nursing from an accredited college/university.
• Applicants with an associate degree in nursing and less than 10 years of experience must enroll within 12 months of hire in a bachelor’s degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years.
• Basic life support- Applicants will have 30 days from their hired date to provide completion of this certification if they don’t have it already.
• ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of Assignment.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and nursing rounds.
• Coordinate admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Educate patients and families; plan individualized treatment.

Skills

Care coordination

Patient care

Nursing rounds

Education to patients

Education

BSN or ADN

Job description

Summary

Your experience matters. Every shift, you give your all to care for others—now it’s time to join a team that cares for you.”

$15,000 Sign-On Bonus Available for Eligible Candidates

Unit Description

2B ICU is a 19-bed neuro ICU. Serving CVA, neurosurgical, carotid surgery and carotid stent patients. This unit supports our comprehensive stroke program if the patient needs critical care placement. In addition, the unit cares for surgical post‑op, cardiac interventions, sepsis, general surgery and complex care ICU patients. Scheduled: Full‑Time Nights.

Job Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. The Registered Nurse (RN) is an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness. As a clinical nurse, this individual spends majority of his/her time (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provision of nursing rounds, assessments and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky.
• Bachelor's or an associate degree in nursing from an accredited college/university.
• Applicants with an associate degree in nursing and less than 10 years of experience must enroll within 12 months of hire in a bachelor’s degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years.
• Basic life support- Applicants will have 30 days from their hired date to provide completion of this certification if they don’t have it already.
• ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of Assignment.

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.

Employer Information

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.

Equality and Diversity 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.

Accessibility

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.

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