High Risk Cardiac Clinical Nurse - Nights

Memorial Hospital Belleville and Memorial Hospital Shiloh; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $7,500 Sign-On Bonus

BSN Differential

Shift Differential

Benefits Eligible

Job summary

Memorial Hospital Belleville is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the High Risk Cardiac unit (2NE) in Belleville. The role entails direct patient care, patient and family education, and collaboration with the interprofessional team on complex cardiac cases.

The position emphasizes nursing excellence, professional development, and advancement through a BJC RN Career Ladder. A magnet-recognized legacy and Magnet status reinforce our commitment to high-quality cardiac care and patient

Qualifications

• Telemetry/Cardiac experience is preferred.
• RN licensure is required.
• BSN preferred for career ladder and differential.
• Experience in high-risk cardiac or telemetry units is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and families on illness management, post-treatment home care, and medication administration.
• Participates in safety, quality, and regulatory compliance activities and professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individualized plans of care with defined goals.
• Assesses and evaluates physical, psychosocial, emotional needs per standards of care.

Skills

Telemetry/Cardiac experience

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Additional Information About The Role

• Full Time, Nights
• Up to $7,500 Sign-On Bonus
• BSN Differential
• Shift Differential
• Benefits Eligible

Unit - High Risk Cardiac (2NE) at Memorial Hospital in Belleville

• Full Time, Nights
• Up to $7,500 Sign-On Bonus
• Competitive Pay (See Career Ladder Information Below)
• BSN Differential
• Shift Differential
• Benefits Eligible

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 tool empowers 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 Preferred Requirements

• Telemetry/Cardiac experience
• BSN degree

Overview

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

Two Northeast cares for patients pre and post cardiac catheterizations, implantable cardiac defibrillators, pacemaker insertions, percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention with and without sheaths, post thoracotomy, respiratory problems, and renal patients.

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

Benefits and Legal Statement

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• 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

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