GI Lab - Clinical Nurse

BJC HealthCare; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison,

life insurance available

Disability insurance

Annual 4% Retirement Contribution

401(k) plan with employer match

Tuition Assistance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Progress West Hospital in Missouri is seeking an RN to provide direct patient care across medical-surgical units. You will assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate care within established nursing standards and collaborate with an interprofessional team to achieve patient-centered outcomes.

The role emphasizes education for patients and families, safety, and communication across the continuum of care.

Qualifications

• Nurses provide patient-centered care under established standards of nursing care.
• Education of patients and families on illness/injury management and post-treatment home care.
• Promotes patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Proactively plans and communicates the plan of care across the continuum.

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.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other team members and patient/family.
• Uses nursing assessment to address physical, psychosocial, emotional, cultural, and population-specific needs.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

• 4 10 hour shifts
• Call requirement
• 30 min call response time

Additional Preferred Requirements

• ED, ICU, or GI experience preferred

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.

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

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

Equal Opportunity Employer