New Graduate Nurse at Progress West Hospital

BJC HealthCare; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in O’Fallon is seeking a Graduate Nurse to provide direct patient care following nursing program completion. The role involves educating patients, critical thinking for assessment, and collaboration with healthcare teams. A Nursing Diploma/Associate's is required, with licensure needed within 90 days of graduation. The position offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, retirement contributions, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• Must obtain licensure within 90 days post-graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• Ability to work in a safety-sensitive position.

Responsibilities

• Educates patients on managing their illness and post-treatment care.
• Uses critical thinking to evaluate patients' needs.
• Collaborates to develop individual care plans.
• Evaluates and modifies care plans as necessary.
• Promotes patient safety and quality compliance.
• Participates in professional development.

Skills

Patient education

Critical thinking

Collaboration

Patient safety

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Job description

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.

Role Purpose

The Graduate Nurse provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care after completing a nursing program and before licensure. Will be required to obtain licensure within 90 days of graduation from an accredited school of nursing to remain employed in a HSO in the state of Missouri.

Responsibilities

• Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Uses critical thinking skills to assess and evaluate patient’s physical, psychosocial and emotional needs.
• Develops and implements individual plans of care in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Evaluates patient’s response and modifies plan of care accordingly throughout the patient’s stay.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance. Participates in professional development.
• 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

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, vision, 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