Skip to content
ICU Nurse· Full time

Charge RN Cardiac ICU Step Down

CommonSpirit Health · LEXINGTON, KY

Pay
$34–$50/hr
  • Hourly
Pay as of 2026-11-04
Schedule & call
Schedule not yet entered
Setting · Other
Setting not yet entered

About the role

**Job Summary and ResponsibilitiesThis position is eligible for up to a $25,000 sign-on bonus ANDup to $24,000 Student Loan Assistance

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Ability to serve as leader and teammate

  • Ensure your teammates and department are positioned to deliver the best care possible to our patients

  • High level of engagement with the floor- visibly connecting with nurses, patients, and families

  • Mentor team members and share your knowledge and confidence

  • Collaborate with a variety of other healthcare professionals such as social work, care coordination, physical therapy, occupational therapy, lab, respiratory therapy, and imaging Job RequirementsRequired Education and Experience

  • Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN/ASN) from an accredited school of nursing.

Required Licensure and Certifications

  • Current RN license in the State of Kentucky
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) via the American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) via the American Heart Association (AHA) within 3 months of hire

PREFERRED Qualifications

  • 2 years RN experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) Where You'll Work

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).

Whether you are an experienced healthcare professional or working toward that, we invite you to experience Hello Humankindness with us! CHI Saint Joseph Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. Learn more about Saint Joseph East and its awards and recognitions here: Saint Joseph East

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 2200 care centers serving 24 states.

Imported listing. ScrubHub found this posting on CommonSpirit Health’s public careers feed (last checked Nov 4). Requirements, schedule and setting are in the description; applications go to the employer’s own site.

Pay details

Compensation model
Hourly
Base pay unit
Per hour
Base pay minimum
$34
Base pay maximum
$50
Pay confirmed as of
2026-11-04
Posted Nov 21, 2025.

Report this listing