Registered Nurse (RN)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and creates a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. The RN exemplifies compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy, honors nursing as a distinct discipline, and supports an environment focused on healing and wellness. As a clinical nurse, the RN spends more than 50% of their time coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit. These activities include nursing rounds, assessments and treatments; facilitating admissions, transfers, and discharges; patient- and family-centered education; care coordination; and individualized treatment planning, as applicable. The position is full-time on nights in the 19-bed 2B neuro ICU. The unit serves patients with CVA, neurosurgical, carotid surgery, and carotid stent needs, and supports the comprehensive stroke program when patients require critical care placement. It also cares for surgical postoperative, cardiac intervention, sepsis, general surgery, and complex-care ICU patients. A $15,000 sign-on bonus is available for qualified individuals.
Requirements
- Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky.
- Bachelor's or associate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university.
- Applicants with an associate degree in nursing and fewer than 10 years of experience must enroll in a bachelor's degree program within 12 months of hire and achieve the degree within 5 years.
- Basic life support certification; applicants who do not already have it have 30 days from their hire date to complete it.
- ACLS, PALS, NRP, and successful completion of a dysrhythmia class, as required by the department of assignment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate, ensure, and provide direct patient care activities on the unit.
- Conduct nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments.
- Facilitate patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- Provide patient- and family-centered education.
- Coordinate care and develop individualized treatment plans, as applicable.
- Support a caring environment focused on healing and wellness while demonstrating compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy.
Benefits
- $15,000 sign-on bonus for qualified individuals.
- Health, vision, dental, and pet insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Identity theft protection.
- Tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 annually.
- Company-paid maternity and paternity leave.
- Five days of paid time off available upon hire.
- Bereavement leave, including for pets.
- PTO sell-back program.
- Compassionate leave sharing program (PTO donation).
- Employee Support Fund for employees needing emergency financial support.
- Retirement with company match.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
