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Owensboro Health

Nonprofit integrated health system delivering care.

Graduate Nurse

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOwensboro, KY, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • No experience is required.
  • A high school diploma, General Equivalency Diploma (GED), or higher is preferred.
  • Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider certification is required within 90 days of employment.
  • Critical thinking skills and decisive judgment are required.
  • The ability to work under minimal supervision is required.
  • The ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action is required.

Responsibilities

  • Greet and orient new patients to the hospital environment, including the patient's room and unit routines.
  • Foster patient engagement by involving the patient and significant others in handoff.
  • Create a positive patient experience by focusing on what matters most to the patient and visitors.
  • Proactively meet patient needs and assure a safe environment through intentional rounding.
  • Provide ongoing communication through regular updates to the patient-room care board.
  • Promote a culture of safety by integrating error-prevention tools into daily routines.
  • Contribute to patient assessment by collecting data for review by a nurse.
  • Document patient progress toward goals accurately, completely, specifically, and timely.
  • Assist nursing staff in identifying physical, psychosocial, age-specific, and cultural considerations for each patient.
  • Work with nursing staff to provide personal care according to organizational standards and policies.
  • Report abnormal findings.
  • Monitor the tube system and handle medication in accordance with medication safe-handling practices, as applicable.
  • Update diet orders and verify that tray deliveries meet diet requirements, as applicable.
  • Electronically transfer patients into and out of the unit, including facilitating direct admissions, completing discharges in the electronic medical record, assembling paper-lite charts, and assisting with patient bed placement, as applicable.
  • Arrange patient transport services, as applicable.
  • Enter work orders and obtain supplies from materials, as applicable.
  • Enter staff assignments into the Responder 5 system and verify that staff have logged in and out of the system, as applicable.
  • Support Owensboro Health's mission, vision, core commitments, and business interests.
  • Adhere to organizational policies and procedures and perform work consistently with a culture of compliance, safety, and high reliability.

About the Company

Owensboro Health

Nonprofit integrated health system delivering care.

Owensboro Health is a nonprofit, integrated healthcare system serving an 18-county region in Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana. It operates three hospitals and a medical group with nearly 350 providers across 30 locations, delivering primary, urgent, and more than 40 specialty services through an integrated care network that includes inpatient, outpatient, and telemedicine options. The system differentiates itself by its nonprofit focus on community health, broad access across a large geographic area, physician recruitment, and investments in technology and partnerships such as a Family Medicine Residency with the University of Louisville. Its goal is to improve overall community health by providing comprehensive, accessible, high-quality care.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
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