Cardiovascular Diagnostics - Clinical Nurse (PRN)

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision,

life insurance

Disability insurance

Annual 4% retirement contribution

401(k) match

Tuition Assistance

Learning and Development

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis County, part of BJC HealthCare, seeks an RN for its Cardiac Testing department to deliver direct patient care, assessments, planning, implementation, and evaluation in collaboration with Cardiologists.

The role requires 8-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with no weekends, holidays, or on-call. RN license is required; cardiac/ED/ICU experience preferred; BSN preferred; 0–2 years of experience welcomed.

Qualifications

• RN license required.
• Must have cardiac, ED, or ICU experience.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; Nursing Diploma/Associate's as minimum education.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and their families on illness management, home care needs, and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance; engages in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents plans of care with goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team.
• Assesses physical, psychosocial, emotional needs; respects patient values and preferences.

Skills

Cardiac care

ED experience

ICU experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

• 8 hour shifts
• 7AM-3:30PM
• No weekends, holidays, or call

Additional Preferred Requirements

• Must have cardiac, ED, or ICU experience

Overview

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services. The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care. This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area.

The Missouri Baptist Medical Center Cardiac Testing department is a diagnostic testing center which focuses on identifying and evaluating cardiac disease processes. The department is comprised of RNs, cardiac sonographers, ECG techs, Nuclear Medicine technologists and administrative staff. The Cardiac Testing staff works in collaboration with Cardiologists to deliver high quality services to patients and their physicians.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment. Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance. Participates in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs according to standards of care. Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's
• - Nursing

Experience

• No Experience

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• <2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer