• RN NICU FT Nights

    Catholic Health Initiatives (Lexington, KY)


    Job Summary and Responsibilities

     

    As our NICU Nurse at CHI Saint Joseph Health, you’ll care for our tiniest and most vulnerable patients with gentle, kind, compassionate care in a family friendly environment focusing on safety.

     

    To thrive in this role, you’ll need to appreciate that routine is never routine. We have wonderful days where we get to celebrate milestones and we also have hard days comforting parents as they grieve. As part of our care team, you are sensitive and understanding to different circumstances and above all, you remain calm in all situations.

    Key Responsibilities:

    + Educate patients on various interventions or procedures

    + Assess infant and provide care

    + Communicate with the care management team, including anesthesiologist, physician or midwife, lactation nurse, charge nurse, postpartum unit, patient and family

    Job Requirements

    Minimum Qualifications:

    + Associate’s Degree (ADN) in Nursing from an accredited nursing college or program

    + Active Registered Nurse (RN) license cleared by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or with eNLC multi-state practice privilege

    + Basic Life Support (BLS)

    + Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required to obtain within 3 months post hire

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)

    + Previous RN experience within Womens Care, Labor and Delivery, or NICU _strongly preferred._

     

    Where You'll Work

     

    Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East (https://www.chisaintjosephhealth.org/womens-hospital-saint-joseph-east) which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

     

    Whether you are an experienced healthcare professional or working toward that, we invite you to experience Hello Humankindness (https://www.chisaintjosephhealth.org/library/landing/humankindness) with us! CHI Saint Joseph Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. Learn more about Saint Joseph East and its awards and recognitions here: Saint Joseph East (https://www.chisaintjosephhealth.org/saint-joseph-east)

     

    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 2200 care centers serving 24 states.

    Pay Range

    $30.00 - $43.50 /hour

     

    We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.