Registered Nurse Outpatient Infusion

Baptist Healthcare System • Elizabethtown, KY

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides and is accountable for direct, comprehensive nursing care for patients from admission through discharge. The role includes planning, assessing, intervening, and evaluating care using an outcome-focused approach, beginning with the initial assessment and continuing through routine assessments, interventions as needed, and discharge. Care involves the patient, family, provider, and other members of the care team. The nurse reviews and documents care, outcomes, and evaluations; follows professional standards of care; and applies evidence, best practices, critical thinking, and experiential evidence to bedside caregiving. The nurse prioritizes care according to changing assessments and patient needs and maintains ongoing communication with physicians and other hospital departments.

This is a full-time outpatient infusion position with a stated schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ADN) degree from an accredited institution.
• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse licensure in the state of Kentucky.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.
• ONS and Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification required before completion of orientation.
• Oncology Certified Nurse certification required within two years of hire.
• Crisis Prevention certification required within six months.

Nice To Haves

• Recent experience in a specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide and be accountable for direct, comprehensive nursing care from patient admission through discharge.
• Plan, assess, intervene, and evaluate patient care using an outcome-focused approach.
• Conduct initial and ongoing patient assessments and implement interventions as indicated.
• Involve the patient, family, provider, and other care-team members in care.
• Review and document care provided, outcomes, and evaluations of care.
• Follow professional standards of care and apply evidence, best practices, critical thinking, and experiential evidence to bedside caregiving.
• Prioritize care based on changing assessments and patient needs.
• Maintain ongoing communication with physicians and other hospital departments.

Benefits

• Tuition assistance reimbursement program.
• Paid time off available for use upon hire.
• Company-paid maternity and paternity leave.
• Bereavement leave, including for pets.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement plans with company match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree