Job Description

Registered Nurse (RN) | Progressive Care Unit
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
Agency: Cynet Health
Pay: $2,095 per week
Shift Information: Nights - 3 days x 12 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 10/19/2026

About the Position

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Clinical Nursing Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Third Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in applicable state Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly, while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect, actively listening, and intentionally following up on questions and concerns. - Shows an understanding of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate and collaborate with care team members. - Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Description: The RN implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person. The focus is on creating a caring environment centered on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence, current research, hospital policies, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Coordinates, ensures, and provides direct patient care activities on the unit. This includes nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. Facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge activities. Provides patient and family-centered education. Conducts care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable. Performs and documents comprehensive assessments in accordance with RN scope of practice and hospital policies. Considers the patient’s culture, age, and developmental level. Identifies patient risk factors and presenting complaints. Obtains patient health information from family or others as necessary. Collects objective and subjective data. Verifies initial admission assessment if obtained by other members of the healthcare team. Develops a problem list, prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team. Designs actions and interventions relevant to patient’s culture and age. Determines desired outcomes in coordination with patient and family according to medical plan of care. Implements patient care therapies and procedures within scope of practice. Explains procedures, treatments, and processes to patient and family. Initiates action to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. Recognizes, responds to, and communicates changes in patient condition appropriately. Conducts and documents ongoing assessment and response to procedures and therapies. Delegates tasks appropriately and oversees team members in the performance of activities regarding patient care. Monitors accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care. Identifies and addresses educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems. Facilitates the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner. Provides input into patient/nurse assignments considering available staffing, unit activity, and patient acuity. Demonstrates active participation in unit-based activities supporting organizational values. Promotes a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. Assures nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice. Actively participates in department and/or unit quality improvement activities and core measures. Uses a holistic perspective regarding patient care.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• ACLS
• BLS
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam

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