Registered Nurse (RN) - GI Lab - $32-48 per hour

BJC HealthCare; Saint Peters (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the GI Lab in St. Peters, Missouri. The role involves direct patient care within the GI Lab, with responsibilities spanning assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.

The position requires an RN license, a Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree (or Bachelor’s in Nursing preferred), and offers a staff employment arrangement with 4 ten-hour shifts and call requirements at times.

Qualifications

• Nursing Diploma or Associate's degree in Nursing.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
• Active RN license and eligibility to practice in Missouri.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care in GI Lab.
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care.
• Ensures patient safety and education for post-treatment home care and medications.
• Communicates care plans across the interprofessional team and family.
• Maintains compliance with safety, quality and regulatory standards.

Skills

RN

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) GI Lab for a nursing job in St. Peters, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty: GI Lab

Discipline: RN

Duration: Ongoing

Employment Type: Staff

Additional Information About the Role

• 4 10 hour shifts
• Call requirement
• 30 min call response time

Additional Preferred Requirements

ED, ICU, or GI experience preferred

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.

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 - NursingExperience

No Experience

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree - NursingExperience

<2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

• 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

Not all benefits apply to all jobs

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

Equal Opportunity Employer

BJC HealthCare Job ID #117946. Posted job title: GI Lab - Nurse

About BJC HealthCare

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.