Registered Nurse (RN)

Unit Description: 

4H is a 23 bed telemetry unit.  This unit specializes in post-op CABG patients, post-op cardiac surgery, CHF and moderate risk chest pain patients.  The population has multiple co-morbidities and complex care. The patient population is transferred from ICU, ED and PACU. 

Shift: Full Time, Nights 

Job Description: 

The Registered Nurse (RN) implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. 

• S/he honors patients’ mind, body and spirit by respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of each individual. 

• Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital and department policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. 

• Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. 

• Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. 

• R is an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness. 

• As a clinical nurse, this individual spends majority of his/her time (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provision of nursing rounds, assessments and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc. 

Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required: 

• Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky. 

• Bachelor's or an associate degree in nursing from an accredited college/university. 

• Those with an associate degree in nursing and less than 10 years of experience must enroll within 12 months of hire in a bachelor’s degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years. 

• Basic Life Support. 

• ​ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of Assignment. 

Benefits: 

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program. 

• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave. 

• Bereavement Leave (includes pets). 

• PTO Sell Back Program. 

• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation). 

• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support.