PCU - Clinical Nurse (Part Time)

BJC HealthCare; Country Life Acres (MO); On-site; USD 39,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K with Match

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

BJC HealthCare in the St. Louis area is seeking a part-time Night Shift RN to deliver direct patient care, participate in the Nurse Career Ladder, and support professional development. This role emphasizes care at the top of the license and collaboration with the interprofessional team.

The hospital system highlights a safety-sensitive environment, with benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• RN licensed with Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree.
• Strong patient assessment, care planning and documentation.
• Ability to collaborate with interprofessional team and adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and families on illness management and home care needs.
• Participates in safety, quality, regulatory compliance and professional development.
• Develops and documents care plans with defined goals in collaboration with the team, patient and family.
• Assesses patient needs including cultural, spiritual and personal preferences.
• Safety-sensitive position requiring consistent alertness and safe work practices.

Skills

Patient care

Assessment

Documentation

Education

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - RN

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing Experience

Tools

EMR / EHR systems

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

• Part Time Night Shift
• The BJC Registerd 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.
• Benefits include but not limited to Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with Match, Tuition Assistance

Additional Preferred Requirements

• Overview Missouri Baptist Medical Center , an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services. The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St. Louis Children‘s Hospital. Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care. This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area. The Progressive Care Unit (PCU) at Missouri Baptist Medical Center is a 16-bed in-patient unit, caring for post-operative cardiovascular and thoracic surgical patients once they no longer require intensive CVR monitoring.

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