RN Med Surg

CommonSpirit Health • London, KY

7d

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse (RN), 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. The role calls for strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

The RN is responsible for acquiring the knowledge and skills needed for patient care in the practice setting; assessing patients and analyzing problems and conditions to determine the need for standard, urgent, or emergent interventions; and implementing or modifying plans of care using assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice. Care includes nursing coordination, patient and family education, and discharge planning. The RN facilitates interdisciplinary partnership, integrates ethical provisions into nursing practice, and protects patient autonomy, dignity, and rights. The role also includes administering medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures, and evaluating progress toward desired patient outcomes.

Saint Joseph London is a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926, located on a 52-acre healing environment. It is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system serving 24 states.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing, upon hire.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing; new-hire RNs have two years from hire date to enroll in a BSN program, which must be completed within five years of hire.
• Registered Nurse license for Kentucky, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR), within 14 days.

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, provide appropriate patient and family education, and contribute to discharge planning.
• Facilitate interdisciplinary partnership in patient care.
• Integrate ethical provisions into nursing practice 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