RN Emergency
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the emergency practice setting, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will assess patients, analyze problems and conditions, perform skilled procedures, and implement or modify care plans based on assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice. Care includes nursing coordination, patient and family education, and discharge planning. You will work with an interdisciplinary team, protect patient autonomy, dignity, and rights, administer medications and IV therapy, provide treatments, and evaluate progress toward desired outcomes. The position is at Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed community hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The hospital includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East and a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; nursing diploma required upon hire.
- New-hire RNs must enroll in a BSN program within two years of hire and complete it within five years of hire.
- Kentucky Registered Nurse license, required upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), required within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, required within 90 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, required within six months.
- Trauma Nurse Core Course, required within 12 months.
Nice To Haves
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care in the identified practice setting.
- Assess patients and analyze problems and conditions using critical thinking to determine the need for standard, urgent, or emergent interventions.
- Implement or modify plans of care using assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice.
- Coordinate nursing care and provide appropriate patient and family education and discharge planning.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary partnerships in patient care.
- Integrate ethical provisions into nursing practice and preserve and protect patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
- Administer medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures.
- Evaluate progress toward desired patient outcomes.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 for eligible hires.
- Educational assistance (student loan payback) of up to $24,000 for eligible hires.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
