# Charge Nurse Neuro Spine Full Time Nights

- **Company:** Baptist Health
- **Published:** Mar 31, 2026
- **Location:** On-site, Kentucky
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Setting:** Hospital
- **Apply:** https://bhs.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Louisville-KY/Charge-Nurse-Neuro-Spine-Full-Time-Nights_R26096269

## About

**Summary**

**Job Description:**

**Charge Nurse Neuro Spine- Full Time, Nights**

**Status: Full Time**

**Shift: Third**

**About The Unit:**

The twenty-four-bed Neuroscience unit offers specialized nursing assessment and care to patients with both neurological and neurosurgical diagnoses. Typical patients include those with a diagnosis of stroke, post-op craniotomy, post-op discectomy and other back surgeries, as well as post-cerebral embolization. Unit nursing care is complemented by the expertise of two Neuroscience Coordinators. New Graduate Nurses are welcome.

**Job Summary:**

The Charge Nurse is an entry-level management position responsible for the coordination of care on designated shifts. He/she will provide leadership to the staff members of the unit in the area of patient care.

A) As a Registered nurse, he/she implements the nursing process for each patient regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) assigned to his/her care and is responsible for the patient’s care within the parameters of the Kentucky Nurse Practice Act. The charge nurse promotes positive patient outcomes; quality of care and initiates change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared-governance councils.

B) National Professional Nursing Standards serve as guidelines for the charge nurse as he/she utilizes critical thinking skills and exercises appropriate nursing judgment. The charge nurse will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Also, the charge nurse will serve as a role model by actively participating in the process of continuous professional development, teaching and learning across the healthcare continuum.

**Requirements:**

- Active Kentucky RN License required.
- Associate's degree in nursing required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required.

**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.

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