BHS·Lexington, Kentucky
The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person, focusing on creating a caring environment dedicated to healing and wellness. The role involves spending the majority of time coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities such as rounds, assessments, treatments, and facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge processes.
Cardiovascular, Thoracic Telemetry unit.
Overview: 4G, Cardiovascular, Thoracic Telemetry unit.
4G is a 20 bed telemetry unit. This unit specializes in post-op CABG patients, post-op cardiac surgery, CHF and moderate risk chest pain patients. The population has multiple co-morbidities and complex care. The patient population is transferred from ICU, ED and PACU.
Shift: Full-time, Nights
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.
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.
These benefits are for our full-time positions. (32 weekly hours- 40 weekly hours).
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.
Candidates must possess current RN licensure or a work permit in Kentucky and hold either a Bachelor's or Associate's degree in nursing from an accredited institution. Those with an Associate's degree and less than 10 years of experience must enroll in a Bachelor's program within 12 months and complete it within five years, alongside holding Basic Life Support certification.
Market context
Registered Nurse positions in Kentucky are typically in steady demand across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings. This role is competitive because employers often look for current Kentucky RN licensure plus an accredited nursing degree, and associate-prepared nurses must plan for BSN enrollment within 12 months and completion within 5 years. If you are considering applying, confirm your license status and degree pathway early; this platform’s AI-summarized requirements and benefits help you review the original posting faster, including PTO sell back, tuition assistance, and leave-sharing programs.
