Registered Nurse – NICU 

Location: Baptist Health Lexington 
Schedule: Full-time | 3rd Shift (Nights)  
About the unit: 5A NICU is a 32-bed private room NICU caring for High-Risk neonates from 28 weeks to full-term.  

JOB SUMMARY 
The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, evidence-based care designed to support healing and wellness. In this role, you’ll coordinate, ensure, and provide direct patient care while creating an environment rooted in dignity, respect, and empathy. You will use your clinical expertise and critical thinking to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care for patients across the lifespan. 

As a clinical nurse, you’ll spend the majority of your time (>50%) coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care through: 

-Conducting nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments 
-Facilitating admissions, transfers, and discharges 
-Providing patient and family-centered education 
-Coordinating care and developing individualized treatment plans 

REQUIREMENTS: 

-Current RN licensure or work permit in Kentucky 
-Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited college/university or an associate degree with a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience required. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree and less than ten years’ experience, an associate degree in nursing will be acceptable for initial hire with the understanding that the individual must be enrolled within 12 months in a bachelor’s degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years.  
-Basic Life Support (Must obtain within 30 days of hire.) 
-ACLS/PALS/NRP and successful completion of dysrhythmia class as required by department of assignment. 

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 

Please note: These benefits apply to Full-Time positions.  (32 weekly hours- 40 weekly hours)