Dialysis RN, Surgical-Telemetry /Orthopedic-Neuro-Spine unit.

Job Description:

Registered Nurse:Surgical-Telemetry /Orthopedic-Neuro-Spine unit.

Unit Overview: 3GH,Surgical-Telemetry /Orthopedic-Neuro-Spine unit. | $30,000 Sign-On Bonus for qualifying candidates

3G/H is a 37-bed telemetry/medical surgical unit specializing in but not limited to orthopedic/neuro/spine patients. This unit is accredited by the JC as a Total Joint Center for Orthopedic Excellence. The unit serves as a secondary stroke unit as well as general cardiac/telemetry patients. The patients are transferred in from PACU, ED, interventional areas, and direct admissions from MD offices.

Shift: Full-time, Days

Job Description:

• The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as awhole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness.
• Employee honorspatients 'mind, body, and spirit by respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of each individual.
• Nursingpractices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital and department policies andprocedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines.
• Clinical decision-making incorporates all fourphases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines.
• The Registered Nurse is an exemplarfor compassion, acceptance, respect, and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting anenvironment focused on healing and wellness.
• As a clinical nurse, this individual spends majority of his/hertime (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provisionof nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities;provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning asapplicable, etc.

Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required:

• Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky.
• Bachelor's or an associate degree in nursing from an accredited college/university.
• Those with an associate degree in nursing and less than 10 years of experience must enroll within 12 months of hire in a bachelor's degree program and musthave achieved the degree within 5 years.

Benefits:

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave.
• 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.