eICU Virtual Care Registered Nurse - Full Time Night Shift

CoxHealth; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$1.00 Certification pay

$1.00 BSN pay

Career Ladder Bonus eligible up to $5,

Job summary

CoxHealth's Virtual Nursing Command Center in Springfield, MO, supports bedside RNs with admissions, care plans, education, and discharge teaching. The eICU nurses collaborate with physicians, pharmacists, and the Early Intervention Team to maintain patient safety and care quality.

Qualified candidates are RN-licensed in Missouri, with BSN preferred and at least two years of inpatient nursing experience. The role is night shift, located in Cox South's Virtual Care Command Center, offering career

Qualifications

• RN license active in Missouri is required.
• BSN preferred.
• Minimum two years of inpatient nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with admissions, care plan development and maintenance.
• Provide patient education and discharge teaching.
• Support bedside RNs and collaborate with virtual physicians, pharmacists, and therapists.
• Monitor patient conditions and contribute to quality and safety surveillance.

Skills

Patient care

Nursing knowledge

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Critical thinking

Multi-tasking

Flexibility

Customer service

Education

RN license active in Missouri

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

Facility: CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1651 Virtual Care Command Center

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Hours: 6:30 PM - 7:00 AM

Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)

Job Description:

** This position will be located in our Virtual Care Command Center located at Cox South Hospital**

Are you looking to be a part of a brand new and interesting branch of healthcare?! Virtual Nursing may be just for you! Our Virtual Nursing Command Center is full of advanced technology that gives our patients an extra level of monitoring from admission to discharge. Our virtual nurses are centrally located in the Virtual Command Center at Cox South. They use this technology to support our bedside RNs with tasks to make lighten their workload as well as monitor patient’s vital signs, assist with admissions and discharges, and collaborate with our virtual physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and Early Intervention Team! If you are on the search for a new way to expand your nursing knowledge come and give Virtual Nursing a go!

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

• $1.00 Certification pay
• $1.00 BSN pay
• Career Ladder Bonus eligible up to $5,000

The eICU Virtual nurse is a pivotal member of the healthcare team to assist with managing the care of the adult or geriatric patient experiencing general medical conditions or general surgical procedures. The virtual nurse will assist with tasks such completing the admission, care plan development and maintenance, patient education, medication and discharge teaching, care coordination, mentoring of new nurses, and implementation of evidence-based care. The eICU Virtual nurse assists the primary bedside nurse with nursing tasks not required to be done in person as well as real-time quality and patient safety surveillance. The eICU Virtual nurse maintains a wide array of medical care knowledge in order to care for a diverse group of patients.

Education

• Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Experience

• Required: Minimum of two years previous nursing experience on inpatient nursing unit
• Preferred: Charge nurse or preceptor experience and specialty nursing certification

Skills

• Accountable and responsible for own safe clinical practice
• Basic computer skills and knowledge
• Excellent customer service skills
• Thrives in rapidly changing environment
• Self-motivated
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate effective leadership abilities
• Exhibits valuable time management skills
• Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills.
• Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

• Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri