RN NICU PT Days

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

As our NICU Nurse at CHI Saint Jospeh East, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, you’ll focus on the safety of the newborn, with kindness and compassion.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need to appreciate that routine is never routine. We have some wonderful days in this department and get to be with people through huge milestones in their lives. We also have some hard days and are with people as they grieve. You must be sensitive and understanding to different circumstances. Above all else, you must remain calm in an emergency. A newborn's status can change quickly and it’s never good for the mother or family to see the nurse in a panic. You’re calm. You’re in control. You’re handling the situation.

• Educate patients on various interventions or procedures
• Assess newborn and provide care.
• Communicate with the care management team, including physician or midwife, lactation nurse, charge nurse, postpartum unit, patient and family

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree (ADN) in Nursing from an accredited nursing college or program
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license cleared by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or with eNLC multi-state practice privilege
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required to obtain within 6 months post hire
• Neonatal Resusitation Program (NRP) required to obtain within 90 days post hire
• Previous L&D and/or NICU experience required 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)