Baptist Health System KY & IN

Advanced Practice RN (APRN) Hourly Hospitalist

Baptist Health System KY & IN  •  Madisonville, KY (Onsite)  •  28 days ago
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Job Description

40 hours per week

8pm-8am Shift


Our Hospitalist Nurse Practitioners (APRN) play a vital role in delivering high‑quality, compassionate care to adult patients during the night shift. Working closely with a dedicated physician partner and nursing teams, the APRN will manage patients across mixed‑acuity and transitional care units, providing comprehensive, hands‑on care for patients with conditions requiring supervised medical treatment.

This role offers the opportunity to practice at the top of your license in a collaborative, intellectually stimulating environment where your clinical expertise is valued and your contributions directly impact patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with physician providers to deliver exceptional overnight care for hospitalized adult patients

  • Help manage a dynamic caseload of Internal Medicine patients
  • Perform thorough physical examinations and ongoing patient assessments
  • Collect, interpret, and document clinical data to guide treatment decisions

  • Order and coordinate diagnostic tests, laboratory studies, medications, and specialty consultations

  • Order and manage medications
  • Provide direct, patient‑centered care with a strong focus on safety, quality, and continuity

Professional Impact
Beyond clinical care, the Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner will contribute to a culture of excellence through involvement in patient care initiatives, education, consultation, research, and leadership within the organization and the nursing profession.

Why Join Us?

    • Collaborative night coverage with physician support

    • Opportunity to make a meaningful impact for patients and their families
    • Professional autonomy within a supportive team environment
    • A role that values leadership, critical thinking, and continuous growth

Minimum Education, Experience, Training, and Licensures/Certifications/Registrations Required

  1. MSN required
  2. Successful completion of advanced practitioner training and certification as a practitioner from an approved nurse practitioner program
  3. Eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability
  4. Active RN license in Kentucky or compact state
  5. Current unrestricted license to practice as an APRN in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
  6. BLS Certification
  7. Minimum 3 years of relevant Advanced Practice Nursing experience (required)
Baptist Health System KY & IN

About Baptist Health System KY & IN

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Louisville, 40223
Year Founded
1924
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