Registered Nurse (RN)
Full-Time, Third Shift
BHCOR-Cor Chem Dependency Unit I Corbin, KY
The Detox Recovery Unit is a 15-bed acute medical detox unit for patients with a primary Chemical Dependency diagnosis. The Detox Recovery Unit program specializes in adult detoxification and treatment for ages 18 and older and an interdisciplinary treatment team approach is utilized in caring for patients.
Performs care requires substantial specialized knowledge, judgement and nursing skills based upon the principles of psychological, biological, physical and social sciences in the application of the nursing process. Utilizes high-level assessment skills to design and ensure multidisciplinary patient care to meet holistic needs, incorporating established practice guidelines and regulatory standards.
Provides safe, high-quality patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualized care plans.
Monitors patient conditions, administers treatments and physician orders, and documents patient care accurately.
Educates patients and familiesregardingtreatment plans, procedures, and discharge needs.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to support positive patient outcomes and continuity of care.
Demonstrates critical thinking, clinical judgment, leadership, and teamwork in daily nursingpractice
Maintains compliance with hospital policies, regulatory requirements, licensure, and continuing education standards.
Requirements:
Graduateofan accredited School of Nursing with a current RN license in the state of Kentucky or Kentucky work permitrequired
Associate degree in Nursingrequired;Bachelor’sdegree preferred.
No experiencerequired; patient care experience preferred.
BLS certification through the American Heart Associationrequiredwithin30 daysof hire.
Additionalrequired training includes Glucometer, Aegis, RN Patient Deterioration, Life-Threatening Arrhythmia, and Nurse Wound Care training within establishedtimeframes
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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.
