Registered Nurse, RN

BHS•Lexington, KY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, evidence-based care designed to support healing and wellness. The RN coordinates, ensures, and provides direct patient care while creating an environment rooted in dignity, respect, and empathy. The role uses clinical expertise and critical thinking to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care for patients across the lifespan. More than 50% of the clinical nurse’s time is spent coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care, including nursing rounds, assessments and treatments; admissions, transfers and discharges; patient and family-centered education; and care coordination and individualized treatment planning. The position is on 2FG, a 30-bed medical-surgical/telemetry unit specializing in telemetry patients and fast-turnaround surgery, including urology, bariatrics, and orthopedic overflow. The unit serves Bariatric Center of Excellence patients, with most patients transferred from the emergency department and post-anesthesia care unit. The role is located at Baptist Health Lexington and is scheduled for full-time, first-shift days, in 12-hour shifts, three days per week.

Requirements

Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky.
Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited college or university, or an associate degree with a minimum of ten years’ experience.
For candidates with an associate degree and less than ten years’ experience, enrollment in a bachelor’s degree program within 12 months of initial hire and completion of the degree within five years are required.
Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire.
ACLS, PALS, NRP, and successful completion of a dysrhythmia class, as required by department assignment.

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive assessments and develop individualized care plans based on patient needs.
Administer medications and implement nursing interventions in accordance with best practices and hospital policy.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members to ensure coordinated care.
Monitor and document patient responses, revising care plans as needed.
Support a culture of safety, quality improvement, and compassionate service.
Mentor and support colleagues and new team members, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
Conduct nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments.
Facilitate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Provide patient and family-centered education.
Coordinate care and develop individualized treatment plans.