EP Lab - Clinical Nurse

BJC HealthCare; Country Life Acres (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, part of BJC HealthCare, is seeking a Registered Nurse for direct patient care in a fast-paced acute care setting. The role emphasizes assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, with a focus on patient education and safety.

The position offers 4 10-hour shifts, no weekends, holidays, or calls, and requires RN licensure with nursing education background. We value ICU/ED/cardiac experience and teamwork in a Magnet-designated hospital.

Qualifications

• Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Educates patients and families on illness management and post-treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Promotes patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Develops, implements and documents plans of care with goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and plan care with defined goals.
• Communicate plan of care across the continuum.
• Collaborate with interprofessional team to provide care.
• Educate patients on treatment and post-care needs.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Teamwork

Safety & quality

Education

Nursing Diploma/ASN

BSN preferred

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

• 4 10 hr shifts


• No weekends, holidays, or call

Additional Preferred Requirements

• ED, ICU, or Cardiac experience preferred

Overview

Missouri Baptist Medical Center , an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services. The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St. Louis Children‘s Hospital. Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care. This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area. Averaging 17 procedures a day, the lab features four cardiac cath rooms and one EP/Stereotaxis room. Procedures include: cardiac caths, PCIs, Peripheral diagnostics and intervention, EP, Ablations, PPM and ICDs.

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.

• 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

• * Nursing Diploma/Associate‘s - Nursing Experience


• * No Experience Supervisor Experience


• * No Experience Licenses & Certifications


• * RN Preferred Requirements Education


• * Bachelor‘s Degree - Nursing Experience