Registered Nurse (RN) - Full-time
Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital
Bowling Green, Kentucky
At Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital, an acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital, we provide nurses and clinical professionals with an environment where your expertise truly transforms lives.
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 14 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Day shift 7a-730pm; night shift available Schedule: Day Shift 7a-730pm and Night Shift available
- Unit and setting
- Tele · Hospital
- License
- RN licenseValid State Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Term
- Permanent Registered Nurse (RN) - Full-time -Full time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed dedicated to supporting the next generation of nurses, offering structured mentorship and hands‑on training for new graduates
- License
- Valid State Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Certification
- BLS at hire BLS required at hire
- Also asks
- Post-offer employment testing (POETs) completed before first day Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*
Preferred
- Education
- BSN or enrollment in a BSN program
- Also asks
- Clinical experience
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Sign-on bonus
- $15,000
- Bonus
- $15,000 sign-on bonus Sign-on bonus: $15,000
Benefits
- BenefitsExtensive and thorough orientation programStart Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
- BenefitsTuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunitiesAdvance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
- BenefitsClinical ladder programElevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
- BenefitsStudent debt benefit programEase the Burden: Student debt benefit program
- BenefitsGenerous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team membersRecharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
- BenefitsComprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, EAP and dental plans for full-time team membersYour Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
More benefits (5)
- BenefitsCompany-matching 401(k), life and disability protection for full-time team membersInvest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
- Extensive orientation program
- Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, EAP and dental for full-time team members
- Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
- Life and disability protection for full-time team members
The role and schedule
- Charting
- Epic Timely and accurate documentation using EPIC
- Day to day
- Receive admissions and/or transfers Receive admissions and/or transfers
- Day to day
- Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
- Day to day
- Timely and accurate documentation in EPIC
- Day to day
- Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
- Day to day
- Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
- Day to day
- Instruct and counsel patients/families Instruct and counsel patients/families
- Hours stated
- Day Shift 7a-730pm and Night Shift available
- Details
- Structured mentorship and hands-on training for new graduates offering structured mentorship and hands-on training for new graduates
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
Original listing
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Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital
A Select Medical and Vibra Healthcare partnership
Position: Registered Nurse (RN) Location: Bowling Green, KY
Schedule
Day Shift 7a-730pm and Night Shift available
Sign-on bonus: $15,000
Up to $48.44 per hour based on experience
At Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital, an acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital, we provide nurses and clinical professionals with an environment where your expertise truly transforms lives. As part of a partnership between Select Medical and Vibra Healthcare, you’ll build meaningful patient connections, see measurable progress, and apply your med‑surg, progressive care, or critical care experience to deliver exceptional rehabilitation care. Our tenured nursing staff brings strong clinical depth and is dedicated to supporting the next generation of nurses, offering structured mentorship and hands‑on training for new graduates.
We further invest in your growth through interdisciplinary collaboration, advanced rehabilitation technologies, and robust professional development opportunities across a leading national network. At SKY Rehab, your work has purpose, your voice is valued, and your career can thrive.
At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting. Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities Elevate Your
Skills
Clinical ladder program. Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care Receive admissions and/or transfers Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment Timely and accurate documentation using EPIC Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately Instruct and counsel patients/families
Minimum Qualifications
Valid State Registered Nurse (RN) license BLS required at hire
Preferred Qualifications
BSN or enrollment in a BSN program Clinical experience Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*
What's around it?
Bowling Green, KYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 10% below the US average
- Median rent
- $998/mo
- Household income
- $48,873/yr, all local households, not nurse pay