Orthopedics Clinical Nurse - PRN

BJC HealthCare; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 44,000 - 67,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift differential

Shared governance or professional dev.

Competitive pay

All private patient rooms

Job summary

Memorial Hospital Belleville is seeking a PRN Registered Nurse for the Orthopedics unit (1 South). The role provides direct patient care in a 32-bed unit with private rooms, focusing on recovery, mobility, and exceptional outcomes.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, supported by shared governance and professional development opportunities, with competitive pay and a shift differential for days or nights.

Qualifications

• Nursing Diploma or Associate's degree required.
• RN licensure required.
• Preferred BSN degree; experience in orthopedics/med-surg.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient- and family-centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and families on illness management and home care needs.
• Supports patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance; pursues professional development.
• Develops and documents care plans with goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team.
• Assesses and documents patient needs, preferences, and barriers to involvement.

Skills

Nursing skills

Patient care

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

City/State: Belleville, Illinois

Categories: Nursing Services

Job Status: PRN

Req ID : 117046

Pay Range: $32.00 – $48.28 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

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

• PRN, Days or Nights

• All private patient rooms

• Supportive leadership and team-based culture

• Collaborative Joint Replacement Program with a multidisciplinary team focused on recovery, mobility, and exceptional patient outcomes

• Shared governance or professional development opportunities

• Competitive Pay

• Shift Differential

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.

• It 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.

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