Registered Nurse (RN) - Women's Care

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Richmond (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky seeks an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) for Women’s Care/Obstetrics on the 7p–7a shift. The role emphasizes compassionate, patient-centered care across prenatal, labor, delivery, and postpartum stages.

The RN will work according to nursing processes, evidence-based practices, and policy guidelines to support mothers and newborns in a high-quality environment.

Qualifications

• Current RN licensure required by Kentucky State Board of Nursing.
• BLS certification required; ACLS/PALS or ENPC within 6 months of hire.
• NRP within 3–6 months of hire; fetal monitoring training within 6–9 months; STABLE course as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care across prenatal, labor, delivery and postpartum periods.
• Follow evidence-based nursing practices and hospital policies.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, high-quality outcomes.

Skills

BLS certification

ACLS/PALS or ENPC

Fetal monitoring

NRP

STABLE course

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job description

Summary Job Description

Registered Nurse (RN) – Women’s Care/Obstetrics 7p 7a FULL TIME

The Obstetrics Unit is a specialized hospital department dedicated to the comprehensive care of pregnant individuals and newborns throughout the prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum periods.

The unit provides high-quality, patient-centered care in a supportive and safe environment, ensuring the best outcomes for both mother and baby.

Job Description

Job Description: (Please review ALL Requirements)

A 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.

This individual honors patient’s mind, body, and spirit by respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of everyone.

Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital and department policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines.

Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity.

Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines.

The Registered Nurse is an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness.

Assessment and identification of patient needs and implementation of appropriate interventions considering the needs of patient populations per department scope of service.

Delegation of nursing care activities and provisions of supervision; establishes and maintains a plan for the delivery of nursing care; assures that nursing care interventions and activities are directed to resolve problems; and performs technical aspects of care competently.

Has access to medication storage areas as required for job tasks.

Follows Hospital and Departmental Policies and Procedures.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing is required.
• Associate Degree in Nursing (Bachelor’s Degree preferred) Completion and maintenance of BLS.
• ACLS & PALS (or ENPC) within 6 months of hire.
• NRP within 3-6 months of hire Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses Basic, Intermediate, and/or Advanced Fetal Monitoring within 6-9 months of hire and maintenance thereafter.
• STABLE Course, as assigned.

Benefits

• Full-Time 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

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.