Surgery Charge Nurse Days
- 10-hour shifts
- Days
- RN license
How this pay compares
This posting does not state an hourly rate. Charge nurses employed in Kentucky earn a median of $38.96 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
Charge nurses in Kentucky: pay by town and employer
The Registered Nurses & LPNs job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly
Workplace injuries
Baptist Health Paducah in Paducah reported 51 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 2,398,557 hours worked: 4.3 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.0 per 100 full-time workers at hospitals, general medical and surgicalnationwide. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.
Medicare rating of Baptist Health Paducah
Medicare gives Baptist Health Paducah 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Kentucky's hospitals average 2.7). 83% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Kentucky hospitals by rating.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Medicare lists Baptist Health Paducah as a non-profit hospital: the kind of employer PSLF counts (a government organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit) for its own full-time staff, toward forgiveness of federal Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.
Registered nurse and LPN jobs in our research
- How long these jobs stay listed: Still listed at 7 days 81.0%
- Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.45x · Clicks 134
- How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 54.7% · Stating an hourly rate 33.9%
From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 9 Nov 2026. Every figure for Registered nurse and LPN jobs
About the job
Summary
Job Description
10 hour shifts/ 6:30 AM to 5PM
The Charge Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, organizing and supervising the unit activities for a specified shift.
- Assesses unit census, patient status, and staffing numbers.
- Develops assignment of licensed/non-licensed that ensures adequate deliver of care
- Manages patient flow to include admissions, discharges, and transfers
- Addresses patient and staff concerns during shift
- Duties as assigned by Director
Requirements
- Three to five years of job-related experience
- Current RN licensure by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing
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.
From Baptist Health (Kentucky)'s job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
Selected agencies hiring now
All agencies and apps →
AHS StaffingTravel nursing agency
Places travel and local contract nurses and allied professionals.
Places: Nurses, CNAs & PCTs, Therapy & rehab, Mental health
Uniti MedTravel nursing agency
Places travel nurses, allied professionals and locum providers on contracts and permanent jobs.
Places: Nurses, Allied health, Doctors, NPs & PAs
These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.
Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.
Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.
New registered nurse and LPN jobs in Kentucky, by email
One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.
About Baptist Health (Kentucky)
Baptist Health is a health system with 10 (source: Baptist Health, About Baptist Health) hospitals, more than 470 (source: Baptist Health, About Baptist Health) points of care and more than 24,000 (source: Baptist Health, About Baptist Health) employees serving Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Source: Baptist Health, About Baptist Health
Based in Louisville, KYHires in Kentucky, IndianaPay on its listings: 0.1% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
More registered nurse and LPN jobs
A licensed RN or LPN?
One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.
Baptist Health (Kentucky) openings, sent to you weekly
Each week we send the newest postings from Baptist Health (Kentucky)'s own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.