CCU Mixed Acuity Critical Care Registered Nurse Full Time Nights

BHS•Louisville, KY

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on a Mixed Acuity Critical Care Unit that provides both critical care and telemetry services, specializing in medical critical care. Staff receive critical care and telemetry training and care for patients ranging from young adults through geriatric patients. The role implements the nursing process for assigned patients of any age and provides care consistent with Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures. The Registered Nurse promotes positive patient outcomes and quality care, collaborates with the interprofessional team, and contributes to a healthy professional practice environment through involvement in unit-based and hospital shared governance councils. National Professional Nursing Standards guide the nurse’s critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and nursing judgment. The nurse serves as a role model by participating in continuous professional development and lifelong learning. This is a full-time night position requiring 36 hours per week, worked as three 12-hour shifts, with every third weekend.

Requirements

Active Kentucky nursing license.
BCLS certification required within 90 days of employment.
ACLS certification required within six months for experienced staff nurses and within one year for new graduate nurses.

Nice To Haves

Sign-on bonus eligible for experienced candidates.

Responsibilities

Perform patient assessments and reassessments.
Develop plans of care using appropriate evidence-based standards of care.
Provide care consistent with policies, procedures, current evidence-based professional standards of practice, and Baptist Health Louisville’s nursing mission, vision, values, and model of care.
Evaluate patient responses to treatment.
Apply critical-thinking, clinical-reasoning, organizational, and leadership skills.
Use the nursing process as the framework for providing care.
Collaborate with the interprofessional team to enhance patient outcomes.
Participate in unit-based and hospital shared governance councils.
Engage in continuous professional development and lifelong learning.