RN

Continuing Care Hospital - Lexington; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign On Bonus up to $25,000

Educational Assistance up to $24,000

Job summary

Continuing Care Hospital - Lexington is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide compassionate, high-quality care and perform skilled procedures. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to implement comprehensive care plans focused on patient recovery.

Required: RN license in Kentucky, CPR at hire, ACLS within 6 months, and graduation from an accredited nursing program. BSN preferred. Hospital-based benefits and sign-on may be available.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Registered Nurse: KY license at hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) required at hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Take critical assessments and perform skilled nursing procedures.
• Develop and implement patient care plans with interdisciplinary team.
• Administer medications, IV therapy and treatments per policy.
• Evaluate patient progress and adjust care plans to reach optimal outcomes.
• Uphold patient autonomy, dignity, and rights in all care.

Skills

Registered Nurse RN

KY license

CPR

ACLS (within 6 months)

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Assumes responsibility for acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the identified practice setting.
• Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decisioning to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions.
• Implements and/or modifies plan of care using assessment data, standards of care and evidence based practice inclusive of nursing care coordination, appropriate patient and family education, and discharge planning. Facilitates interdisciplinary partnership in patient care.
• Integrates ethical provisions in nursing practice and delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights.
• Administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Evaluates progress towards attainment of desired patient outcomes.

Benefits

• Sign On Bonus up to $25,000 and Educational Assistance (Student Loan Payback) up to $24,000 for Eligible Hires.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and
• Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Continuing Care Hospital, a 25-bed long-term acute care hospital located inside CHI Saint Joseph Hospital. Continuing Care Hospital is recognized as a 12-time winner of the Kentucky Hospital Association Quality award and a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.