High Risk Cardiac RN - $32-48 per hour

BJC HealthCare; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On bonus

BSN differential

Shift Differential

Benefits Eligible

Job summary

Memorial Hospital Belleville, part of BJC HealthCare, is seeking an RN for the High Risk Cardiac (2NE) unit on the Belleville campus. This is a full‑time night shift role offering a sign‑on bonus up to $7,500 and a competitive career ladder with BSN differential and shift differentials.

The position emphasizes patient‑centered care, safety, and regulatory compliance. The RN will provide direct patient care, work within a multidisciplinary team, and engage in ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in Illinois.
• Telemetry or cardiac care experience preferred.
• BSN degree or higher encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in a high risk cardiac unit.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care with the team.
• Educate patients and families on post‑treatment care and medications.
• Document plans of care and communicate across the care continuum.

Skills

Telemetry/Cardiac experience

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

BSN degree

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

Job Overview

Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiac Stepdown

Location: Belleville, Illinois

Specialty: Cardiac Stepdown

Discipline: RN

Duration: Ongoing

Employment Type: Staff

Additional Information About the Role

• 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.

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 a 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. Preferred Qualifications

Roles 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.

Minimum Requirements

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing
• No Experience
• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

• Telemetry/Cardiac experience
• BSN degree
• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
• <2 years

Benefits

• 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

Equal Opportunity Employer

About BJC HealthCare

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice. BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

Benefits

Sign-On bonus