Registered Nurse Vascular Thoracic Full Time Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System

Louisville, Kentucky

Registered Nurse Vascular Thoracic/Critical Care Step Down Unit- Full Time, Nights

Posted Sep 21

Shift and hours: Third · Nights Shift: Third Registered Nurse Vascular Thoracic/Critical Care Step Down Unit- Full Time, Nights
Unit and setting: Vascular Thoracic/Critical Care Step Down Unit · Hospital high-to-intensive patients following vascular and thoracic surgeries
License: RN licenseActive Kentucky RN License
Term: Permanent Status: Full TimeFull Time

Do you qualify?

License: Active Kentucky RN License Active Kentucky RN License. Check your license
Certification: Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required.
Certification: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required.
Education: Associate's degree in nursing Associate's degree in nursing.

What it pays

Bonus: Employment Bonus Available *Employment Bonus Available for Eligible Applicants*Eligible Applicants

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The role and schedule

Unit: Vascular Thoracic Unit
Patients: patients who have undergone procedures such as carotid surgery, lower extremity bypass, aneurysm repairs, arterial line placements, AKOS, and chest tube insertions
Patients: patients across all age groups, from infancy to geriatrics As a Registered Nurse in the Vascular Thoracic Unit, you will implement the nursing process for patients across all age groups, from infancy to geriatrics.
Day to day: implement the nursing process for patients across all age groups
Day to day: ensure patient care aligns with Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures You will ensure patient care aligns with Kentucky Nursing Laws and our organizational policies and procedures.
Day to day: drive change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared governance councils
Day to day: contribute to a supportive and professional practice environment You will contribute to a supportive and professional practice environment.
Unit size: 21-bed unit

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Registered Nurse Vascular Thoracic/Critical Care Step Down Unit- Full Time, Nights
Status: Full Time
Shift: Third
Employment Bonus Available for Eligible Applicants

About the Unit

Join our dynamic Vascular Thoracic Unit, a highly specialized 21-bed unit dedicated to providing exceptional care to high-to-intensive patients following vascular and thoracic surgeries. Our fast-paced environment supports patients who have undergone procedures such as carotid surgery, lower extremity bypass, aneurysm repairs, arterial line placements, AKOS, and chest tube insertions.

Job Summary

As a Registered Nurse in the Vascular Thoracic Unit, you will implement the nursing process for patients across all age groups, from infancy to geriatrics. You will ensure patient care aligns with Kentucky Nursing Laws and our organizational policies and procedures. Your role will focus on promoting positive patient outcomes, delivering high-quality care, and driving change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared governance councils. You will contribute to a supportive and professional practice environment.

Requirements

Active Kentucky RN License. Associate's degree in nursing. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required. 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 Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY

Living costs about 10% below the US average

Life in Louisville, KY

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals cluster in The Highlands along Bardstown Road (nightlife and eclectic shops, median home about $196,050, rent about $997, median age 34.4), Clifton on Frankfort Avenue (trendy shotgun houses and antiques, median home about $178,875), Crescent Hill (Frankfort Avenue restaurants, historic homes, median home about $309,843, safer than 81% of the city), Germantown (arts scene, homes about $208,367), and Cherokee Triangle (safest of that set at 82% safer than the city, premium median home about $421,760, walkable to shops and Cherokee Park). Locals also call Middletown and Jeffersontown nice; other named fits are Old Louisville for Victorian mansions, downtown/CBD for riverfront lofts, Saint Matthews for shopping and apartments, and more affordable Portland, Shawnee, Okolona, and Pleasure Ridge Park. East-side suburbs cost more and have newer houses; west and south trade price for older homes or larger lots. Only downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors are truly walkable.

Young professionals cluster in The Highlands along Bardstown Road (nightlife and eclectic shops, median home about $196,050, rent about $997, median age 34.4), Clifton on Frankfort Avenue (trendy shotgun houses and antiques, median home about $178,875), Crescent Hill (Frankfort Avenue restaurants, historic homes, median home about $309,843, safer than 81% of the city), Germantown (arts scene, homes about $208,367), and Cherokee Triangle (safest of that set at 82% safer than the city, premium median home about $421,760, walkable to shops and Cherokee Park). Locals also call Middletown and Jeffersontown nice; other named fits are Old Louisville for Victorian mansions, downtown/CBD for riverfront lofts, Saint Matthews for shopping and apartments, and more affordable Portland, Shawnee, Okolona, and Pleasure Ridge Park.

East-side suburbs cost more and have newer houses; west and south trade price for older homes or larger lots. Only downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors are truly walkable.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: trulia.com Source 5: pulte.com

Getting aroundLouisville is a car city: TARC (Transit Authority of River City) buses are the only public transit and they converge downtown, and relocators are warned you will need a car. Average commute time is about 22 minutes. Truly walkable daily life is limited to downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors; downtown parking is the catch. The metro is spread out, so east-side choices like Saint Matthews and Jeffersontown mean driving in exchange for shopping and newer housing. These sources do not name hospital-specific routes.

Louisville is a car city: TARC (Transit Authority of River City) buses are the only public transit and they converge downtown, and relocators are warned you will need a car. Average commute time is about 22 minutes.

Truly walkable daily life is limited to downtown, Old Louisville, and the Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue corridors; downtown parking is the catch. The metro is spread out, so east-side choices like Saint Matthews and Jeffersontown mean driving in exchange for shopping and newer housing.

These sources do not name hospital-specific routes.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: unitedvanlines.com

OutdoorsCherokee Park, a 389-acre Frederick Law Olmsted landscape, is the Highlands and Cherokee Triangle backyard, with Hogan's Fountain Pavilion and Baringer Hill for walking and biking; other Olmsted parks include Seneca, Shawnee, and Central. Downtown, Waterfront Park lines the Ohio River and the Big Four Bridge is a pedestrian crossing; kayaking the Ohio shows up in visitor material. Bernheim Forest is a frequently recommended day trip, and Shawnee pairs early-1900s houses with a grand park and the river. Golf, hiking, biking, and four-season outdoor recreation are core to how the city is sold.

Cherokee Park, a 389-acre Frederick Law Olmsted landscape, is the Highlands and Cherokee Triangle backyard, with Hogan's Fountain Pavilion and Baringer Hill for walking and biking; other Olmsted parks include Seneca, Shawnee, and Central. Downtown, Waterfront Park lines the Ohio River and the Big Four Bridge is a pedestrian crossing; kayaking the Ohio shows up in visitor material.

Bernheim Forest is a frequently recommended day trip, and Shawnee pairs early-1900s houses with a grand park and the river. Golf, hiking, biking, and four-season outdoor recreation are core to how the city is sold.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: pulte.com Source 4: gotolouisville.com Source 5: facebook.com

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Living in Louisville

Louisville is Derby City on the Ohio, where Southern food and bourbon meet Midwest prices, and a nurse's paycheck still buys a neighborhood with a name. Young professionals actually live in The Highlands on Bardstown Road, Clifton and Crescent Hill along Frankfort Avenue, Germantown, and pricier, safer Cherokee Triangle beside 389-acre Cherokee Park; east-side Jeffersontown and Saint Matthews trade walkability for yards and malls. Downtown gives you Waterfront Park, the Big Four Bridge, the Slugger Museum, and the Yum! Center, but parking is tight and TARC is the only transit—plan on a car in a spread-out city with a 22-minute average commute. Housing is the draw: citywide three-bedrooms list around $275,000 as of mid-2026, with Clifton and the Highlands often under $200,000, while Cherokee Triangle and river lofts climb past $400,000. The tradeoffs are not subtle. Summers are wet and punishing, allergens and air quality bother many, crime runs high, and public schools are uneven. If you want four seasons, Olmsted parks, Churchill Downs, and a relaxed cost of living without coastal rents, pick your corridor carefully and budget for driving.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: pulte.com Source 4: extraspace.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: unitedvanlines.com

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