BHLEX RN- 3E Acute Care/Telemetry

Job Description:

Registered Nurse:Neuro and Cardiology unit, Tele

Unit Description: 3E, Acute care/Tele unit | $30,000 Sign-On Bonus for qualifying candidates.

3E is a 19-bed neurology and cardiology unit, providing care to post-stroke patients, TIA and Cardiology patients. As a member of our unit, you will be working with patients who require specialized care due to cardiac and neurological conditions. You will be responsible for providing expert nursing care, monitoring patient vitals, administering medications, and communicating with physicians and other healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients utilizing a multidisciplinary approach.

Shift: Full-time, Nights

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.