Registered Nurse Same Day Surgery
About The Position
The Registered Nurse has the responsibility and accountability for direct comprehensive nursing care for the patient from admission to discharge. Reviews and documents care provided, outcomes of care, and evaluations of care. Follows the professional standards of care. Applies evidence, professional standards, and best practice to bedside caregiving through critical thinking, experiential evidence, and evidence-based practices. Demonstrates ability to prioritize care based on changing assessment and needs of patients. Having ongoing communication with physicians and other departments in the hospital. 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! 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.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing (ADN) degree from an accredited institution.
- Current unrestricted licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Kentucky required.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required within 6 months of hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 6 months of hire.
- Must obtain Crisis Prevention within 6 months of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Recent experience in specialty preferred.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited institution.
Responsibilities
- direct comprehensive nursing care for the patient from admission to discharge
- Reviews and documents care provided, outcomes of care, and evaluations of care
- Follows the professional standards of care
- Applies evidence, professional standards, and best practice to bedside caregiving through critical thinking, experiential evidence, and evidence-based practices
- Demonstrates ability to prioritize care based on changing assessment and needs of patients
- Having ongoing communication with physicians and other departments in the hospital
Benefits
- Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement plans with company match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
