BHLEX RN-5H ACUTE CARE/TELE,FULL-TIME,DAYS
Company: Baptist Health
Location: Lexington
Posted on: October 18, 2024
Job Description:
Job Description: Registered Nurse:Post operative surgical acute
care, telemetry unit - $30,000 Sign-On Bonus for qualifying
candidates Unit Overview: 5H is a 20-bedpost operative surgical
acute care, telemetry unit. The unit specializes in the colorectal
surgery patient population with comprehensive ERAS protocols that
have great quality outcomes. 5H also serves the general surgery
population, complex patients with multiple co-morbidities & MDRO
patients while also treating stable cardiac patients. 5H
accommodates patients from the adult to geriatric population.
Points of access for this population can be from multiple origins
including outpatient surgery, emergency department, transfers
within the hospital, direct admits from physician offices and other
outlying facilities. The purpose of this unit is to provide great
quality outcomes and care to all patients through a
multidisciplinary team approach. Shift: Full-time, Days Job
Description:
- The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice
centered on the patient as awhole person and the creation of a
caring environment focused on healing and wellness.
- Employee honorspatients 'mind, body, and spirit by respecting
human dignity and the uniqueness of each individual.
- Nursingpractices are based on evidence and current research as
well as hospital and department policies andprocedures, regulatory
standards, and professional guidelines.
- Clinical decision-making incorporates all fourphases of the
nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing
excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing
staff and across other disciplines.
- The Registered Nurse is an exemplarfor compassion, acceptance,
respect, and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and
supporting anenvironment focused on healing and wellness.
- As a clinical nurse, this individual spends majority of
his/hertime (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct
patient care activities on the unit through: provisionof nursing
rounds, assessments, and treatments; facilitating admission,
transfer, and discharge activities;provision of patient and
family-centered education; care coordination and individualized
treatment planning asapplicable, 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 musthave 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. If you would like to be part of a growing family
focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation,
we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment
Opportunity employer.
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