Nurse Aide: Full-Time Float Pool Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System

Paducah, Kentucky

Posted Oct 26

Pay: Not posted
Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights
Unit and setting: Float-Pool
Term: Permanent

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Also asks: Successful completion of an Approved Aide Training Program/SRNA

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Experience: 1 year of experience preferred

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Summary Full time/ 36 hours weekly/ 12-hour shifts / 7PM Assists patients with activities of daily living and provides nursing care to patients considering the special needs of pediatric and geriatric patients when indicated, assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse of the team/and or unit. Essential

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Personal hygiene
Routine vital signs
Routine care
Documentation of patient care in EMR based on scope of practice

Preferred Requirements

1 year of experience preferred Successful completion of an Approved Aide Training Program/SRNA Benefits Tuition Assistance reimbursement program Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave Bereavement Leave (includes pets) Paid Time Off available upon hire 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.

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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.

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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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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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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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