Registered Nurse, RN

Summary

Job Description:

• Registered Nurse  –  Surgical/Telemetry 2FG
• Location:  Baptist Health Lexington
• Schedule:  Full-time |1st Shift (Days) | 12-hour shifts | 3 days per week

About 2FG:  2F/G is a 30 bed medical surgical/ telemetry unit that specializes in telemetry patients and fast turnaround surgery including urology bariatrics, and orthopedic overflow.  This unit serves our Bariatric Center of Excellence patients.  Our patient population is mostly transferred from the ED and PACU.

Job Summary:

The  Registered Nurse (RN)  delivers compassionate, evidence-based care designed to support healing and wellness. In this role, you’ll coordinate, ensure, and provide direct patient care while creating an environment rooted in dignity, respect, and empathy. You will use your clinical expertise and critical thinking to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care for patients across the lifespan.

As a  clinical nurse , you’ll spend the majority of your time (>50%) coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care through:

• Conducting nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments
• Facilitating admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Providing patient and family-centered education
• Coordinating care and developing individualized treatment plans

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform comprehensive assessments and develop individualized care plans based on patient needs
• Administer medications and implement nursing interventions in accordance with best practices and hospital policy
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members to ensure coordinated care
• Monitor and document patient responses, revising care plans as needed
• Support a culture of safety, quality improvement, and compassionate service
• Mentor and support colleagues and new team members, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment
• Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required: Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited college/university or an associate degree with a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience required.  In lieu of a bachelor’s degree and less than ten years’ experience, an associate degree in nursing will be acceptable for initial hire with the understanding that the individual must be enrolled within 12 months in a bachelor’s degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years.
• Basic Life Support (Must obtain within 30 days of hire.)
• ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of assignment.