RN Mother Baby

CommonSpirit Health • Lexington, KY

7d

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 making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. Success in this role requires strong assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

The role assumes responsibility for acquiring the knowledge and skills needed for patient care in the practice setting. The RN assesses patients and analyzes problems and conditions to determine whether standard, urgent, or emergent interventions are needed. The RN implements or modifies care plans using assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice, including nursing care coordination, patient and family education, and discharge planning. The position also facilitates interdisciplinary partnership, protects patient autonomy, dignity, and rights, administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments in accordance with policies and procedures, and evaluates progress toward desired outcomes.

Saint Joseph East is a 217-bed, full-service community hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. It 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.
• Registered Nurse license for Kentucky, required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR), required within 14 days.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, required within 90 days.

Responsibilities

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

What This Job Offers

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