RN ICU

CommonSpirit Health; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Student loan assistance

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for a role in Lexington, KY. The position emphasizes critical patient care, teamwork, and delivering high-quality outcomes. Eligible for sign-on and student loan assistance to support career growth within a fast-paced hospital setting.

The role requires active nursing licensure in Kentucky, CPR, and ACLS within 90 days, with opportunities to advance as you contribute to patient recovery and care excellence.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in Kentucky (upon hire).
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification upon hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop care plans.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to implement care.
• Educate patients and families and plan for discharge.
• Administer medications, IV therapies, and treatments per policy.
• Evaluate patient progress and adjust plans to improve outcomes.
• Maintain patient safety and uphold ethical nursing practice.

Skills

Registered Nurse

KY RN license

CPR

ACLS

Education

Graduate of accredited nursing program

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

This position is eligible for up to a $25,000 sign-on bonus AND up to $24,000 Student Loan Assistance

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.
• Implement 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.

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing., upon hire
• Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 90 Days

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

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.

Pay Range

$30.00 - $43.50 /hour