RN Emergency
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care by assessing patients, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment focused on patient outcomes. The role requires acquiring the knowledge and skills needed for the practice setting; assessing and analyzing patient conditions to determine appropriate standard, urgent, or emergent interventions; and implementing or modifying care plans using assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice. Care includes coordination, patient and family education, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary partnership. You will protect patient autonomy, dignity, and rights; administer medications, IV therapy, and treatments according to policy; 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 NICU. Eligible hires may receive a sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 and educational assistance (student loan payback) of up to $24,000.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a Diploma of Nursing, upon hire.
- New-hire RNs must enroll in a BSN program within 2 years of hire and complete it within 5 years of hire.
- Kentucky Registered Nurse licensure, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 90 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within 6 months.
- Trauma Nurse Core Course 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, provide appropriate patient and family education, and plan for discharge.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary partnership 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
