RN Full Time, Days- 5 South Observation Unit

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking an RN for the 5 South Observation Unit in Kentucky. The role suits nurses with telemetry, ED, intermediate care, or ambulatory care backgrounds, focusing on observing patients to determine if inpatient status is needed.

Join a team committed to clinical excellence and innovation, with a fast-paced, team-based care model that supports the ED and telemetry units. Kentucky-licensed RNs with BCLS/ACLS and a collaborative mindset are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Active Kentucky RN license required.
• Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification required (training available).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required (training available).

Responsibilities

• Observe low acuity patients on the 5 South Observation Unit to determine inpatient versus outpatient status.
• Work in a fast-paced, team-based care model supporting ED and telemetry units.

Skills

Telemetry Nursing

ED Experience

Observation Unit

Education

Kentucky RN license

BCLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Job description

Summary Job Description:

About the Unit: The 5 South Observation Unit will function in support of both our Emergency Department and telemetry units by allowing us to observe low acuity patients to determine if inpatient status is needed.

Job Duties:

This will be a fast-paced, exciting work environment with a team approach care model. The unit would be a great fit for Registered Nurses with a background in Telemetry, ED, intermediate care, or ambulatory care and more.

Minimum Education, Training, and Experience

• Active Kentucky RN BCLS Required (training available)
• ACLS Required (training available)
• NIH preferred

Work Experience Education

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

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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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