Clinical Nurse Orthopedic Surgery

BJC HealthCare; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Barnes-Jewish Hospital is seeking a Clinical Nurse (RN) for the Orthopedic Unit. This full-time night shift offers a demanding, rewarding role on a 23-bed specialty unit caring for orthopedic trauma, sports injuries, and post-surgical needs.

Join a multidisciplinary team with strong emphasis on patient safety, education, and coordinated care. Eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $15,000 and a supportive culture focused on growth and well-being.

Qualifications

• RN license required.
• Nursing diploma/associate's degree required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation.
• Educates patients and families on illness/injury, post-treatment home care, and medication administration.
• Develops and documents plans of care with interprofessional team and communicates across care continuum.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Clinical Nurse (RN) - Orthopedic Unit 17500

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Full-Time Nights | 3 x 12-Hour Shifts Per Week

Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus

Join Barnes-Jewish Hospital's nationally recognized Orthopedic Unit, a 23-bed specialty unit providing exceptional care for patients with orthopedic trauma, sports injuries, degenerative arthritis, complex musculoskeletal conditions, and post-surgical needs.

Why Join Our Team?

• 4:1 patient-to-nurse ratio on days and nights
• Dedicated charge nurse support
• Collaborative multidisciplinary team environment
• Opportunities to care for diverse and complex orthopedic patients
• Strong culture focused on teamwork, growth, and employee well-being

Areas of Specialty Care

• Joint replacement and preservation
• Spine surgery
• Trauma services
• Sports medicine
• Hand, wrist, foot, ankle, shoulder, and elbow care
• Musculoskeletal oncology and rehabilitation

Overview

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
• - 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, 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

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*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.

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