Clinical Nurse Operating Room

BJC Health; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in St. Louis is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Operating Room at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. This role includes providing direct patient care, educating patients and families, and developing care plans in collaboration with a healthcare team. The successful candidate will have a Nursing Diploma or Associate's degree and a commitment to patient-centered care. Comprehensive benefits, including tuition assistance and retirement contributions, are offered to empower career progression.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation.
• Proficiency in promoting patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Ability to use critical nursing skills for assessing physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs.

Responsibilities

• Educate patients and families on managing illnesses and home care needs.
• Participate in activities that promote patient safety and quality.
• Develop and document individual plans of care in collaboration with the interprofessional team.

Skills

Patient care

Critical thinking

Assessment and evaluation

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Operating Room Pod 4

Barnes Jewish Hospital Center for Advanced Medicine

• 4-10 hour shifts
  • 630A start time
• Specialties: Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, MIS, Plastics, General Oncology, some GYN
• 6-8 months of training
• Limited call
• Scrub and circulate
• Bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefits

Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Perioperative Services team members (RN and ST) find the kind of fast‑paced environment that will test their professional judgment and critical thinking skills, and encourage tremendous growth. It's an exhilarating place to build a career. Here, you'll work with world‑renowned surgeons and anesthesiologists, assist on unique and complex procedures, work with the latest technologies and treatments, and play a vital role in developing new procedures and treatment protocols. In fact, people from all over the nation and the world come to Barnes‑Jewish for our surgical specialties.

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. Assesses 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
• Experience: No Experience
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience
• Licenses & Certifications: RN

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Experience: < 2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well‑being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 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

*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