Summary
Job Description:
Nursing Assistant
Full-Time, 1st Shift
3 South Surgical
3 South Surgical Unit is a dynamic, fast-paced unit that provides comprehensive care for adult patients with complex medical, cardiac, vascular, and post-operative needs. Our team specializes in caring for patients with acute cardiac conditions, complex medication management, and cardiovascular procedure recovery. Staff develop advanced clinical skills through the care of a diverse patient population requiring cardiac telemetry monitoring. Team members utilize a multidisciplinary approach to deliver high quality; patient-centered care focused on stabilization, treatment, recovery, and education.
The Patient Flow Coordinator is an entry-level leadership role responsible for coordinating safe and efficient patient flow through the Emergency Department. This role oversees patient care activities, delegates workload, addresses delays, and collaborates with medical staff and other departments to ensure timely, high-quality care while serving as a role model for teamwork, leadership, and professionalism.
Job Description:
Coordinates and expedites patient flow through evaluation, treatment, admission, discharge, and transfer.
Monitors patient flow identifies delays and barriers and collaborates with leadership to adjust staffing and patient movement.
Provides and oversees safe, evidence-based nursing care, including patient assessment, care planning, interventions, and evaluation.
Serves as a clinical resource, mentor, and preceptor while supporting staff education and professional development.
Assists with daily unit operations, patient safety, and resolution of care concerns.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and participates in performance and quality improvement initiatives.
Ensure compliance with hospital policies, infection prevention, safety standards, and emergency preparedness requirements.
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing with a current RN licensure
Three (3) years of clinical management experience preferred.
Basic life support- Applicants will have 30 days from their hired date to provide completion of this certification if they don’t have it already.
ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of Assignment.
Current RN license in the state of Kentucky or Kentucky work permit
Benefits:
Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
Life Insurance
Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
Identity Theft Protection
Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
PTO Sell Back Program
Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
Retirement with Company Match
Skills Required
- Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing
- Current RN licensure
- Current RN license in Kentucky or Kentucky work permit
- Basic Life Support certification, obtainable within 30 days of hire if not already held
- ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications as required by the department of assignment
- Successful completion of a dysrhythmia class as required by the department of assignment
- Three years of clinical management experience
What We Do
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.
