Registered Nurse; RN - Outpatient Surgery

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Surgery
## Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Surgery Apply locations:
Richmond, KYtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
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** Summary
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* Job Description:

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* Job Title:

Registered Nurse (RN) – OR/PACU
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* Job Description:

** The role of a
** Registered Nurse (RN) in the OR
** is dynamic and requires a combination of clinical skills, critical thinking, and effective communication to contribute to successful surgical outcomes. implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness.  This individual honors patient’s mind, body, and spirit by respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of each individual.  

The Registered Nurse is an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness.
* Assessment and identification of patient needs and implementation of appropriate interventions considering the needs of patient populations per department scope of service.
* Delegation of nursing care activities and provisions of supervision; establishes and maintains a plan for the delivery of nursing care; assures that nursing care interventions and activities are directed to resolve problems; and performs technical aspects of care competently.
* Has access to medication storage areas as required for job tasks. Follows Hospital and Departmental Policies and Procedures.
** Requirements:
*** Current RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing is required.
* Current RN licensure or temporary Kentucky work permit
* Associate Degree in Nursing with a Bachelor’s Degree preferred
* Completion and maintenance of BLS.
* ACLS & PALS (or ENPC) within 6 months of hire.
* NIHSS within 3 months of hire.
* Successful completion of all competencies as identified on the departmental nurse competency grid.
** Benefits:
Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE)
*** Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
* Life Insurance
* Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
* Identity Theft Protection
* Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
* Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
* 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
* 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

Retirement with Company Match
** Work Experience
**** Education**###
* 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.
0:00 / 2:44### About UsFounded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than…