Registered Nurse NICU PRN Nights

Job Summary

Registered nurse implements the nursing process for each assigned patient regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) and is responsible for the patient’s care consistent with the Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures. The registered nurse promotes positive patient outcomes, and the delivery of quality patient care and initiates change through active involvement in the unit-based and hospital shared governance councils while contributing to a healthy professional practice environment.

The NICU provides level III care to infants as early as 26 weeks gestation. The unit has 12 private rooms, with the ability to hold up to 18 patients. NICU nurses care for two to three patients, depending on acuity, and also cross‑train to the newborn nursery and assist with deliveries as needed. NICU experience is desired to include experience with high‑flow oxygen therapy and ventilators;

however, a limited number of new graduate nurses are accepted each year.

• Implement the nursing process for assigned patients.
• Provide patient care consistent with Kentucky Nursing Laws and institutional policies.
• Cross‑train to newborn nursery and assist with deliveries as needed.
• Care for 2–3 patients depending on acuity.
• Assist with high‑flow oxygen therapy and ventilators (if experienced).

• Associate's degree in nursing.
• Active Kentucky nursing license.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required within 90 days of hire.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 90 days of hire.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.