Registered Nurse Telemetry

Summary Job Description Registered Nurse - 4th Floor Telemetry Pay: $6,000 Sign-On Bonus for External Candidates. Contract: Full-Time 7a - 7p. The Registered Nurse has the responsibility and accountability for direct comprehensive nursing care for the patient from admission to discharge. Reviews and documents care provided, outcomes of care, and evaluations of care. Follows the professional standards of care. Applies evidence, professional standards, and best practice to bedside caregiving through critical thinking, experiential evidence, and evidence-based practices. Demonstrates ability to prioritize care based on changing assessment and needs of patients. Requirements Associate of Science in Nursing (ADN) degree from an accredited institution. Current unrestricted licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Kentucky required. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required within 6 months of hire. Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire. Must obtain Crisis Prevention within 6 months of hire. Preferred Qualifications Recent experience in specialty preferred. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited institution. Benefits Tuition Assistance reimbursement program. Paid Time Off available for use upon hire. Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave. Bereavement Leave (includes pets). Employee Assistance Program. Retirement plans with company match. About Baptist Health Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre‑employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call View phone number on click.appcast.io. For TDD to voice, call View phone number on click.appcast.io. Job Applicant Privacy Policy Statement - Job Applicant Privacy Policy #J-18808-Ljbffr