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Baptist·Starkville, Mississippi

Full Time·On Site·0-2 yrs·Posted 22 hours ago
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About the role

Provides direct and indirect patient care while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Responsibilities include assessing patients, administering medications, and formulating teaching plans for patients and their families.

Job Summary

Provides direct and indirect patient care in the assigned care setting.

Communicates and collaborates with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and other multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes.

Provides high quality patient care utilizing critical thinking, nursing processes, decision making, compassion, integrity, respect, and empathy.

Preserves the patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and restores health whenever possible.

Able to perform general nursing duties, patient education, and prioritization.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Assesses the patient appropriately and accurately based on their medical condition.
  • Has knowledge of ordered medications and administers as prescribed.
  • Provides care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient including basic self-care activities.
  • Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching as appropriate.
  • Demonstrates ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and provide services.
  • Communicates/collaborates with multidisciplinary team in providing patient care.
  • Demonstrates an ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
  • Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicates with social services regarding both hospital and post discharge needs.
  • Demonstrates cost-effective practices and non-wasteful usage of supplies, linen, and charge items.
  • Prioritizes patient care effectively and efficiently.
  • Promotes patient safety by reducing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care.
  • Assumes lifelong learning related to the nursing profession.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Education

  • Minimum Required
  • Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

Preferred/Desired

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

  • Minimum Required
  • Computer literacy

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

  • Minimum Required
  • Rn;bls certification within 14 days of hire

Preferred/Desired • ACLS/PALS Specialty Certification

Requirements

Requires graduation from an accredited nursing program and a valid RN license. BLS certification is required within 14 days of hire, with ACLS/PALS certifications preferred.

  • professional certificate
  • Medication Administration
  • Prioritization
  • Patient Care
  • Computer Literacy
  • Collaboration
  • Patient Education
  • Critical Thinking
  • Psychosocial Assessment
  • Nursing Process

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Location
Starkville, Mississippi
Posted
Jul 27, 2026
Application
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Hiring organization

Baptist

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated...

Salary listed on 3 jobs
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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Registered nurse positions in Mississippi typically reflect ongoing demand across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings. Competition often centers on active RN licensure, BLS readiness, and basic computer literacy, since these skills support safe documentation and patient care. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your BLS timeline and license status before applying.

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