RN ICU

Saint Joseph Hospital - Bardstown • Bardstown, KY

22d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the ICU, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care by making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes in a fast-paced environment. The role requires keen assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence.

The RN is responsible for acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the practice setting; assessing and analyzing patient problems and conditions; and determining the need for standard, urgent, or emergent interventions. The RN implements or modifies plans of care using assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice, including care coordination, patient and family education, and discharge planning. The RN also supports interdisciplinary partnerships, protects patient autonomy, dignity, and rights, administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments according to policy, and evaluates progress toward desired patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing, upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in Kentucky, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR), within 14 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 90 days.
• Keen assessment skills, critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset.
• Ability to work with urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the identified practice setting.
• Assess patients and analyze problems and conditions using critical decision-making 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.

What This Job Offers

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