Emergency Room - Clinical Nurse (Nights)

Progress West Hospital; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off benefit

Job summary

Progress West Hospital in O’Fallon, Missouri is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse for the Emergency Department. The role requires providing direct patient care including assessments and education on illness management. The successful candidate will work 3-12 hour night shifts and will receive comprehensive benefits starting the first month after hire.

This is a safety-sensitive position, focusing on patient-centered care in a modern healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Must possess a Nursing Diploma or Associate's.
• Current RN license is required.
• Ability to work 3 - 12 Hour Night Shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care assessment and evaluation.
• Educates patients and families about care management.
• Collaborates on individual plans of care with teams.

Skills

Direct patient care

Critical nursing skills

Patient education

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate’s

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

Overview

Opened in 2007, Progress West Hospital is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24‑hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world‑class pediatric emergency care. Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state‑of‑the‑art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at‑risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks. Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics. The emergency department at Progress West features 13 rooms, 2 of which are dedicated to pediatric patients. This department, along with all departments within the hospital, supports the guiding principles of the hospital in providing care that is customized and reflects the patient’s needs, values, and choices.

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.

BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder

• The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area.
• This is a tool to empower nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression.
• The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education and service excellence and gives staff the opportunity to continue doing what they do best - caring for patients - while having the opportunity to advance to the next step in their career.
• Moves to higher ladder levels will result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.

Additional Information About The Role

• Emergency Department
• Full time Position
• 3 - 12 Hour Shifts
• Nights
• Benefits Eligible

Minimum Requirements

• Nursing Diploma/Associate’s
• Nursing

Experience

• No Experience

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Nursing

Benefits and Legal Statement

• 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

Equal Opportunity Employer