RN- PACU Full Time

Paducah, Kentucky

The RN prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care of patients; participates in patient and family teaching; and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary, nursing, and other patient-team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.

Posted Sep 8

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour shifts 36 hours Full Time / 12-hour shifts36 hours a week
Unit and setting: PACU · Hospital RN- PACU Full Time
License: RN license Current RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing is required.RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing
Term: Permanent RN- PACU Full TimeFull Time

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License: RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing Current RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing is required. Check your license

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Experience: 1 year critical care nursing experience One year nursing experience critical care is preferred
Experience: Critical care nursing experience

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What it pays

Tuition assistance: Offered
Eligibility: Paid Time Off available upon hire

Benefits

BenefitsTuition Assistance reimbursement programTuition Assistance reimbursement program
BenefitsPaid Time Off available for use upon hirePaid Time Off available for use upon hire
BenefitsCompany paid Maternity and Paternity LeaveCompany paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
BenefitsBereavement Leave (includes pets)Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
BenefitsEmployee Assistance ProgramEmployee Assistance Program
BenefitsRetirement plans with company matchRetirement plans with company match

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Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
Maternity and Paternity Leave
Bereavement Leave

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The role and schedule

Day to day: Assessment and identification of patient needs Assessment and identification of patient needs
Day to day: Implementation of appropriate interventions considering patient population needs per department scope of service Implementation of appropriate interventions considering the needs of patient populations per department scope of service.
Day to day: Delegation of nursing care activities and supervision, establishing and maintaining nursing care plans, resolving problems, and performing technical care competently

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Baptist Health System KY & IN

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Summary

Staff RN, 36 hours per week

36 hours Full Time / 12-hour shifts

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Duties

Assessment and identification of patient needs

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.

Requirements

Current RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing is required.

One year nursing experience critical care is preferred

Benefits

Tuition Assistance reimbursement program

Paid Time Off available for use upon hire

Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (includes pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

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.

What's around it?

In Paducah, KY

Paducah, KYFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 14% below the US average

Median rent: $834/mo
Household income: $49,915/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Paducah, KY

NeighborhoodsLocals consistently name Lone Oak, Hendron, and West Paducah for convenience and mall-area access, with Midtown called the best in-city neighborhood. Reddit residents also recommend Pines and the mall area for apartments. Lower Town is the historic arts district—galleries, coffee shops, and an early-2000s artist relocation program—while Clayshire sits near Baptist Health Paducah. Downtown holds Greek Revival homes and twenty National Register blocks; Fountain Avenue is a lived-in corridor with shops such as 13th Street Bike Shop.

Locals consistently name Lone Oak, Hendron, and West Paducah for convenience and mall-area access, with Midtown called the best in-city neighborhood. Reddit residents also recommend Pines and the mall area for apartments.

Lower Town is the historic arts district—galleries, coffee shops, and an early-2000s artist relocation program—while Clayshire sits near Baptist Health Paducah. Downtown holds Greek Revival homes and twenty National Register blocks; Fountain Avenue is a lived-in corridor with shops such as 13th Street Bike Shop.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: apartments.com Source 4: homes.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 12.67 minutes, and residents describe traffic as easy; Paducah scores 90/100 for drivability, 50/100 walkability, and 30/100 bikeability. Baptist Health Paducah is a short hop for Clayshire residents; Mercy Health-Lourdes is the other major hospital. Historic downtown has more than 500 on-street spaces plus over 1,000 free off-street lot spaces. Sources do not describe transit as a primary way to reach the hospitals.

Citywide average commute is about 12.67 minutes, and residents describe traffic as easy; Paducah scores 90/100 for drivability, 50/100 walkability, and 30/100 bikeability. Baptist Health Paducah is a short hop for Clayshire residents; Mercy Health-Lourdes is the other major hospital.

Historic downtown has more than 500 on-street spaces plus over 1,000 free off-street lot spaces. Sources do not describe transit as a primary way to reach the hospitals.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: apartments.com Source 3: paducahky.gov Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: homes.com

OutdoorsBob Noble Park is Paducah's largest city park—miles of walking paths, a Greenway Trail connection, Lake Montgomery in Kentucky's Fishing in Neighborhoods program, a large public pool, pickleball, and picnic shelters; locals near Conrad Heights fish there. River life centers on the Ohio River Boat Launch, the City of Paducah Transient Boat Dock, and a riverfront park system. Golf and disc golf run at Paxton Park Golf Course and Midtown Golf, Disc Golf & Footgolf; dogs go to the Paducah Dog Park at Stuart Nelson Park. Nearby Land Between the Lakes is the big regional recreation area, and the Tennessee RiverLine vision ties paddling, hiking, and biking along the Tennessee River into Paducah. City parks also include a skatepark, sprayparks, and Brooks Stadium.

Bob Noble Park is Paducah's largest city park—miles of walking paths, a Greenway Trail connection, Lake Montgomery in Kentucky's Fishing in Neighborhoods program, a large public pool, pickleball, and picnic shelters; locals near Conrad Heights fish there. River life centers on the Ohio River Boat Launch, the City of Paducah Transient Boat Dock, and a riverfront park system.

Golf and disc golf run at Paxton Park Golf Course and Midtown Golf, Disc Golf & Footgolf; dogs go to the Paducah Dog Park at Stuart Nelson Park. Nearby Land Between the Lakes is the big regional recreation area, and the Tennessee RiverLine vision ties paddling, hiking, and biking along the Tennessee River into Paducah.

City parks also include a skatepark, sprayparks, and Brooks Stadium.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: paducah.travel Source 2: paducahky.gov Source 3: apartments.com Source 4: homes.com

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Living in Paducah

Paducah is a compact Ohio–Tennessee river city of roughly 27,000 and a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art—National Quilt Museum, QuiltWeek, fifty-plus Robert Dafford floodwall murals, and a working Lower Town arts district. For a nurse the practical draw is a ~13-minute average commute, easy traffic, and two hospital systems: Baptist Health Paducah (convenient from Clayshire) and Mercy Health-Lourdes, with housing well below national prices. Locals point to Lone Oak, Hendron, West Paducah, Midtown, and Pines; apartments cluster by the mall. Lone Oak and Reidland elementaries rate 10/10 on GreatSchools. Life runs through Bob Noble Park and the Greenway Trail, river docks, downtown’s Entertainment Destination Center, Red’s donuts, and BBQ on the River. Tradeoffs: high humidity, lower wages outside healthcare, higher utilities, and small-city nightlife. Residents call it friendly, low-crime, and cheap—best if you want art, river parks, and a short drive more than urban density.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: apartments.com Source 3: homes.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: paducah.travel Source 7: paducahky.gov Source 8: courier-journal.com

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