Orthopedics Clinical Nurse Days

BJC Health; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $15,000 sign-on bonus

Comprehensive medical benefits

Tuition assistance

Benefits eligible

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Belleville is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to deliver high-quality patient care within a dynamic environment. Responsibilities include assessing patient needs, developing care plans, and promoting patient safety and education. Candidates should possess an RN license and a Nursing Diploma, with a Bachelor’s preferred. This position offers significant support for professional development and competitive benefits, including a sign-on bonus.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care activities including assessment and evaluation.
• Promote patient and family-centered care in a healing environment.
• Education for managing illness or injury, including post-treatment care.
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience

Responsibilities

• Develop and document individual plans of care.
• Ensure patient safety and quality compliance.
• Assess and evaluate patient's physical and emotional needs.
• Develops, implements, and documents plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver.
• Assesses and evaluates physical, psychosocial, emotional needs; respects patient preferences and barriers to care.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Critical thinking

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

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 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.

Unit

Unit - Memorial Belleville Orthopedics 1 South

• FT Days
• Up to $15,000.00 Sign On Bonus
• Competitive Pay (See Career Ladder Information Below)
• BSN Differential
• Shift Differential
• Benefits Eligible

Job Features

• FT Days
• Up to $15,000.00 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 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN Degree
• Orthopedic or Med/Surg Experience

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
• License: RN
• Experience: No Experience
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree, Nursing
• Experience: <2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

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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

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary

*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