Registered Nurse Vascular Thoracic PRN Days

BHS • Louisville, KY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse Vascular Thoracic/Critical Care Step Down Unit- PRN, Days Status: PRN Shift: First About the Unit: Join our dynamic Vascular Thoracic Unit, a highly specialized 21-bed unit dedicated to providing exceptional care to high-to-intensive patients following vascular and thoracic surgeries. Our fast-paced environment supports patients who have undergone procedures such as carotid surgery, lower extremity bypass, aneurysm repairs, arterial line placements, AKOS, and chest tube insertions. Job Summary: As a Registered Nurse in the Vascular Thoracic Unit, you will implement the nursing process for patients across all age groups, from infancy to geriatrics. You will ensure patient care aligns with Kentucky Nursing Laws and our organizational policies and procedures. Your role will focus on promoting positive patient outcomes, delivering high-quality care, and driving change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared governance councils. You will contribute to a supportive and professional practice environment. Work Experience Education 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. 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. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES 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.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in nursing required.
• Active Kentucky License.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required.

Responsibilities

• Implement the nursing process for patients across all age groups, from infancy to geriatrics.
• Ensure patient care aligns with Kentucky Nursing Laws and our organizational policies and procedures.
• Focus on promoting positive patient outcomes, delivering high-quality care, and driving change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared governance councils.
• Contribute to a supportive and professional practice environment.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree