ICU Nurse (RN) – Nights- Long-Term Assignment (CSO)

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursement

Illinois license reimbursement

BJC Career Ladder access

Job summary

BJC HealthCare seeks experienced ICU nurses for centralized staffing across MO and IL facilities. You will float to multiple hospitals, gaining system-wide exposure while maintaining a stable home-base assignment.

You’ll work nights (12-hour shifts) with rotating weekends/holidays, travel between BJC facilities, and complete a 5‑day onboarding. Missouri/Illinois licensure is needed or obtainable, and ADN/BSN/MSN are accepted.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of ICU experience required.
• Missouri RN license + ability to obtain Illinois RN license.
• Willingness to travel between MO & IL facilities.
• ADN, BSN, or MSN accepted.
• Initial 1st week: 5-day training commitment.

Responsibilities

• Participates in patient safety, quality, and regulatory activities.
• Uses nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Collaborates with interprofessional team to coordinate care.
• Mentors nursing colleagues and fosters a healthy work environment.
• Provides direct patient care across ICU, step-down, and telemetry units.
• Adapts care to varying clinical settings as assigned.

Skills

ICU experience

Critical care

Travel willingness

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

BSN preferred

Job description

Additional Information About The Role

11 BJC hospitals across Missouri and Illinois (excluding Children’s Hospital) while gaining consistency through extended assignments at a single hospital location.

LTA nurses are placed at one hospital for a defined period, allowing you to become familiar with the team, unit, and workflows while still experiencing the variety of working across a leading health system. This role is designed for experienced ICU nurses seeking greater stability than traditional float roles, without being tied to one home unit long-term.

You’ll work three 12-hour night shifts with flexible start times based on ICU needs, including 6:30 PM, 6:45 PM, or 7:00 PM, along with a rotating weekend and holiday schedule. Designed for experienced nurses who value variety and flexibility, this position offers system-wide exposure within a supportive, team-oriented environment grounded in connection, collaboration, and professional growth.

Job Highlights

• Assigned to one hospital at a time for LTA placements (2–12 weeks)
• support 11 BJC hospitals (MO & IL)
• Position is based in ICU settings, with occasional floating to step-down or telemetry units, supported by a reduced patient assignment.
• Night shift: 3x 12-hour shifts
• $15/hour float differential + shift differentials
• Mileage reimbursement
• Illinois initial RN license reimbursement provided
• Every 3rd weekend + rotating holidays per year
• Structured onboarding and system support
• Access to BJC RN Career Ladder and development programs
• Recognition through BJC Bravo, Connections Groups, and Thrive well-being

What You Bring:

• 2+ years of recent Critical Care (ICU) experience required
• Current Missouri RN license + ability to obtain Illinois RN license
• Willingness to travel between BJC facilities in MO & IL
• Strong adaptability in variable clinical environments
• ADN, BSN, or MSN accepted
• Initial 1st week will be a 5 day full-time training commitment to support your success

Overview

BJC Corporate Health Services comprises several organizations that share a dedication to creating and maintaining healthy workplaces. Serving hundreds of area employers as well as BJC HealthCare, BJC Corporate Health Services specializes in improving worker health, safety and productivity and reducing costs associated with work-related illness/injury and absenteeism.

Role Purpose

A BJC Central Staffing Office nurse will be required to float to 12 BJC Healthcare Hospitals within their Medical, Surgical, and Telemetry Units. Provides direct patient care activities including assessment/evaluation, diagnosis and plan implementation to the general nursing floor based on nursing expertise and certification/licensure. Provides a variety of experiences and the opportunity to expand nursing skills through caring for various patients with different conditions and treatment plans while building professional relationships across the BJC Healthcare system. Must be flexible, adaptable, and resourceful, have a strong confidence in nursing practice and promote exceptional patient and family centered care.

Responsibilities

• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance. Participates in professional development.
• Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family, and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate to facilitate the development of the care plan unique to the patient’s care needs. Uses the nursing process and evidence based practice to develop and implement the plan of care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes, determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes. Develops assessment and management strategies based on a consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health problems.
• Utilizes leadership skills by advocating, coordinating and collaborating with the patient, family, significant others and members of the interprofessional team in assessing needs, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating outcomes. Uses effective leadership skills to foster a healthy work environment within the practice setting by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department’s scope of service.
• Utilizes effective communication to participate with the patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within the boundaries of available economic resources. Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote comfort.
• 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

Experience

• 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• 5-10 years

Benefits And Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

• 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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The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer