Registered Nurse, NICU

BHS Baptist Healthcare System

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Lexington, KY Until 8/21/2026 10+ years exp First posted June 5, 2026 Last posted June 5, 2026
Job description

Summary

Job Description:

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) 

Work Experience

Education

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

About this role

Summary

Provide specialized neonatal care, coordinate treatments, and support families in a NICU setting

Job title

Registered Nurse, NICU

Experience level

10+ years or bachelor's degree with less than 10 years' experience

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Requires residence in Lexington, KY; remote work not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

RN licensure in Kentuckybachelor’s degree in nursing or 10+ years experienceBasic Life SupportACLSPALSNRPdysrhythmia training

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

NICUneonatespediatric carecritical carehigh-risk infants
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Lexington, KY, USA

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