Job Description:

JOB TITLE: Registered Nurse, Short-Stay Unit

Position Overview:

Registered Nurse | $30,000 Sign-On Bonus for qualifying candidates

Unit Overview:

2F is a 19 bed Observation telemetry unit specializes in short stay and fast turn around of surgery, cardiac, urology and gastric patients with a focus on ERAS protocols. This unit serves our Bariatric Center of Excellence patients. The patient population is transferred from ED and PACU. 

Shift: Full-time, Nights

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness.

Employee honors patients 'mind, body, and spirit by respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of each individual.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.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.

Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required:

Current RN licensure or work permit in KentuckyBachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited college/university or an associate degree with a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience required. (In lieu of a bachelor’s degree and less than ten years’ experience, an associate degree in nursing will be acceptable for initial hire with the understanding that the individual must be enrolled within 12 months in a bachelor’s degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years.)Basic Life Support ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of assignment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in nursing from accredited college/university.Previous experience on Labor/Delivery unit, ICU, Med-Surge.

Benefits:

Tuition Assistance reimbursement programCompany paid Maternity and Paternity leaveBereavement Leave (includes pets)PTO Sell Back ProgramCompassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.