Job Description :
Registered Nurse : Labor and Delivery unit $30,000 Sign-on bonus for eligible candidates.
Unit Overview :
Labor and Delivery is a high risk specialized unit that provides care to pregnant individuals prior to and during labor, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period.
This unit has 17 private birthing suites, 8 Triage / PACU beds, 4 OR Rooms, and a specialized Antepartum unit that provides care for women with high-risk pregnancies and post-partum diagnoses needing supportive care.
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.
- The Registered Nurse (RN) 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
- Candidate 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
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.