RN Critical Care

Job Description

Job Description

Exciting Sign-On Bonus available for eligible candidates!

Last year, our organization’s team dedicated over 156,000 hours to volunteer efforts within our communities. As a Registered Nurse in Critical Care at our facility, you can join a mission-driven team committed to making a difference!

Position Overview and Qualifications

Registered Nurses play a vital role in delivering and coordinating patient care. They work closely with physicians and a multidisciplinary team to provide both physical and emotional support to patients and their families.

Key responsibilities of the Registered Nurse include, but are not limited to: conducting assessments and reassessments, creating personalized care plans, administering medications, maintaining accurate documentation, educating patients, ensuring proper equipment maintenance, and effectively communicating patient needs.

In this role, you will:

• Administer prescribed medications, change dressings, clean wounds, and monitor vital signs.

• Provide respiratory care, manage ventilators, and monitor patients' conditions.

• Act as the primary coordinator among various disciplines to ensure seamless patient care.

• Utilize computerized documentation systems to monitor, record, and communicate patient conditions as necessary.

• Assess and coordinate discharge planning needs in collaboration with your healthcare team.

Qualifications required for this position include:

• Current RN licensure from the KY Board of Nursing or a compact state Board of Nursing.

• Experience in an ICU setting is essential.

• A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

• BLS certification is mandatory.

• ACLS certification must be obtained within six months of hire or transfer from a non-ICU area.

• One to two years of clinical nursing experience is preferred.

Benefits

Our organization offers a comprehensive rewards package designed to support the health, lifestyle, career, and retirement of our team members. Available plans and programs include:

• Extensive benefits for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellness support , featuring free counseling and referral services.
• Time-off programs that include paid time off, paid family leave, and both short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Savings and retirement options , such as a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (depending on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, and financial wellness counseling.
• Educational support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with a nursing college.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family planning, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Our facility is a 200+ bed hospital serving Southern Kentucky and nearby regions. Recognized by the Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® , we are a national leader in delivering high-quality healthcare. As the home of Kentucky’s first CardioMEMS HF System, we are also an accredited chest pain center providing advanced cardiac care for patients with heart failure. Additionally, we are a Certified Primary Stroke Center.

“There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.” - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
Co-Founder

Join an organization that invests in your growth! We are currently reviewing applications for our RN Critical Care position. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us elevate the standard of patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.