ACLS
BLS
NIH Certification- training available
12 Lead EKG- training available
Phlebotomy
The 5 South Observation Unit is a fast‑paced, team‑focused environment designed to support both the Emergency Department and telemetry units. This 21‑bed unit provides short‑term observation for low‑acuity patients to determine whether inpatient admission is needed. With strong nurse‑to‑patient ratios and a collaborative care model, this unit is an excellent fit for nurses with backgrounds in Telemetry, ED, ICU/CCU, intermediate care, or ambulatory care.
Provide high‑quality nursing care to low‑acuity observation patients.
Utilize critical thinking and clinical judgment in a fast‑paced environment.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support efficient patient flow.
Monitor patient status and respond promptly to changes in condition.
Maintain accurate documentation and follow evidence‑based standards of care.
Active Kentucky RN license
BLS
ACLS
NIH Certification – training available
12‑Lead EKG – training available
Phlebotomy
Work Experience
Education
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.
