Orthopedics Clinical Nurse

Memorial Hospital Belleville and Memorial Hospital Shiloh; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

BSN differential

Shift differential

Benefits eligible

Job summary

Memorial Hospital Belleville and Memorial Hospital Shiloh in Illinois are seeking full-time day-shift registered nurses. The role offers a $7,500 sign-on bonus, BSN differential, and shift differential, with benefits eligibility from day one.

This position provides direct patient care within the BJC RN Career Ladder framework, emphasizing professional development, teamwork, and high standards of care, with opportunities to advance along the ladder based on performance.

Qualifications

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's and RN license.
• BSN degree preferred.
• Orthopedics and/or Med-Surg current experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care and educates patients and their families on post-treatment home care and medications.
• 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 the interprofessional team and patient/family.
• Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs per standards of care.

Education

Nursing Diploma or Associate's

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Additional Information About The Role

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

Unit - Orthopedics (1 South) at Memorial Hospital in Belleville

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

BJC RN 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

• BSN Degree
• Orthopedics and/or Med-Surg current experience

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.

One South is a 32-bed orthopedic/neurologic unit which also provides care for adult medical and surgical patients with a wide variety of diagnosis. Unique to 1 South is the care of patients post-operatively from hip surgery including total replacement, knee surgery including total replacement, shoulder surgery including replacement, and spine surgery.

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

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