Clinical Nurse - Pediatric Operating Room (Cardiothoracic Service Area)

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

BJC HealthCare is seeking a qualified operating room nurse at St. Louis Children's Hospital. The role requires at least 1 year of operating room nursing experience and offers full-time shifts of three 12-hour or four 10-hour workdays.

The successful candidate should provide high-quality patient care while promoting a family-centered approach. Excellent benefits including medical, dental, retirement contributions, and tuition assistance are offered from the first day of hire.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of operating room nursing experience.
• RN license required.
• BSN is preferred but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care activities within nursing standards.
• Promote patient and family-centered care.
• Develop and document individual plans of care.

Skills

Operating room nursing experience

Patient care

Communication skills

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's Nursing

BSN

Job description

Location: St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110

Operating Room Nursing Experience: Seeking candidates with at least 1 year of operating room nursing experience.

Compensation & Schedule

• Benefits eligible
• Full-time; three 12-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts
• 6:45am start time
• On-call and holiday rotation

Additional Preferred Requirements

• BSN
• Prior cardiothoracic OR nursing experience

Role Purpose

Provide 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 Nursing

Experience: No Experience

Supervisor Experience: No Experience

Licenses & Certifications: RN

Preferred Requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree Nursing

Experience: <2 years

Benefits

• 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

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

Legal Statement

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