Neuro Medicine Registerd Nurse - Days

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Health Insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, MO seeks a Registered Nurse for the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) on the Neuro Medicine floor.

You will provide direct patient care, assessments, and collaborative planning with the interprofessional team. The unit features 34 beds with neuro medicine expertise and epilepsy monitoring; 12-hour day shifts, every 3rd weekend, and NIHSS certification eligibility.

Qualifications

• Provides direct patient care including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Develops, implements, and documents plans of care with the interprofessional team.
• Assures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• 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 the interprofessional team.
• Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs.
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position and requires alertness and safe performance.

Skills

Patient care

Education & counsel

Communication

Collaboration

Critical thinking

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder:

• The BJC RN Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area.
• This is a tool to empower 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.

Provide Care in the Largest Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) in the state of Missouri!

Position Highlights

• $15,000 Sign On Bonus eligible!
• 3 (12)hr Day shifts 7a to 7p
• Weekend Requirement
  • Every 3rd Weekend
• Flexible Scheduling
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) exam certification eligible
• Benefit eligible first day of month after start
• 401(k) with match

The 34 bed Neuro Medicine floor offers a unique opportunity for clinical nurses to improve and gain critical thinking skills, assessment skills, problem solving skills and time management skills. The unit provides care to a diverse population with a specialty in neuro-medicine and epilepsy monitoring unit. In the 12 bed EMU we work with physicians to induce and monitor patients with seizures. We also provide care to our neuro surgical patients offering an experience with both the medical and surgical population. Often our patients have multi-system clinical diagnosis’ providing the clinical nurse and graduate nurse with a solid foundation as they continue or as they start their nursing career.

Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation’s top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

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

BJC Total Rewards

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

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

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