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You'll work at Continuing Care Hospital, a 25-bed long-term acute care hospital inside CHI Saint Joseph Hospital.

Eligibility
Sign-on bonus

Posted Sep 30

Unit and setting
Continuing Care Hospital · Ltach a 25-bed long-term acute care hospitallong-term acute care patients
License
RN license Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire andKentucky RN license, required upon hire
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

License
Kentucky RN license, required upon hire Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire and Check your license
Certification
BLS (CPR), required upon hire Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and

Preferred

Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Bachelors Of Science Nursing

What it pays

Against similar roles
In range for Kentucky staff rolesKentucky staff postings that state pay run $26/hr to $52/hr, the middle half $32/hr to $41/hr, across 189 postings.
Sign-on bonus
$25,000
Loan repayment
Educational Assistance (Student Loan Payback) up to $24,000 for Eligible Hires***
Bonus
Sign-on bonus up to $25,000 Sign On Bonus up to $25,000 and Educational Assistance (Student Loan Payback) up to $24,000 for Eligible Hires***for Eligible Hires
Bonus
Educational assistance (student loan payback) up to $24,000for Eligible Hires

Benefits

  • Sign-on bonus up to $25,000 for eligible hires
  • Educational Assistance (Student Loan Payback) up to $24,000 for eligible hires

The role and schedule

Day to day
patient assessment and urgent-versus-emergent triage Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decisioning to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions.
Day to day
skilled procedures making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans
Day to day
medications, IV therapy and treatments Administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures.
Day to day
patient and family education and discharge planning
Details
25-bed long-term acute care hospital a 25-bed long-term acute care hospital

The workplace

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CommonSpirit Health
Hiring organization
Address
One Saint Joseph Dr, 3rd Floor, Lexington, KY, 40504

Workplace: CommonSpirit - Continuing Care Hospital - Lexington.

About CommonSpirit - Continuing Care Hospital - Lexington

Your fit

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Job Summary And Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Assumes responsibility for acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the identified practice setting. Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decisioning to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions. Implements and/or modifies plan of care using assessment data, standards of care and evidence based practice inclusive of nursing care coordination, appropriate patient and family education, and discharge planning.

Facilitates interdisciplinary partnership in patient care. Integrates ethical provisions in nursing practice and delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures.

Evaluates progress towards attainment of desired patient outcomes. Sign On Bonus up to $25,000 and Educational Assistance (Student Loan Payback) up to $24,000 for Eligible Hires

Required

Job Requirements

  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and
  • Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire and
  • Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months

Preferred

Bachelors Of Science Nursing

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Continuing Care Hospital, a 25-bed long-term acute care hospital located inside CHI Saint Joseph Hospital. Continuing Care Hospital is recognized as a 12-time winner of the Kentucky Hospital Association Quality award and a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Pay Range

$30.00 - $43.50 /hour

What's around it?

CommonSpirit - Continuing Care Hospital - Lexington · Lexington, KY

Lexington, KY

Living costs about 7% below the US average

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