RN Louisville Cardiology Group Full Time Days

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Registered nurse implements the nursing process for each assigned to his/her care regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) and is responsible for the patient’s care consistent with the Kentucky Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures.  The registered nurse promotes positive patient outcomes and the delivery of quality patient care and initiates change through active involvement in the unit-based and hospital shared governance councils while contributing to a healthy professional practice environment.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

The following is a summary of the major functions of this position.  Registered nurses may perform other duties, not specified in this document and specific functions may change as professional practice and standards evolve.

1. Performs assessment/reassessment

2. Develops plan of care utilizing appropriate evidence based standards of care.

3. Provides care consistent with policies, procedures, current evidence based professional standards of practice and Baptist Health Louisville’s nursing mission, vision, values and model of care.

4. Evaluates patient response to treatment

5. Applies critical thinking, clinical reasoning, organizational and leadership skills.

6. EKG interpretation and clinical evaluation of patients undergoing both physical and pharmacologic stress testing in the nuclear and echo departments, as well as providing nursing care in the Cardiac Evaluation Clinic.

Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required:

1. Active Kentucky License

2. BSN preferred

3. BLS within 90 days

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.