Registered Nurse (RN) - Intermediate Care - PT Day Shift

BJC Healthcare; Granite City (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from Day 1

Parental leave

RN Career Ladder

Well-being program

Job summary

Alton Memorial Hospital, part of BJC HealthCare, seeks an RN to join the Intermedicate Care Unit on a day shift. The role supports patients with continuous cardiac monitoring in a 32-bed telemetry unit, featuring a strong benefits package and opportunities for professional growth while remaining at the bedside.

Open to ADN, BSN, and MSN candidates, with a $7,500 sign-on for eligible external applicants and shift differentials for nights, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• RN license required.
• Open to ADN, BSN, and MSN candidates.
• Role involves direct patient care with high clinical standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and preferences.
• Develop and document individualized care plans.
• Communicate plans of care across the care continuum.
• Collaborate with interprofessional team to ensure quality outcomes.
• Provide evidence-based nursing care and participate in professional development.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's- Nursing

Bachelor's Degree- Nursing

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Join the Intermedicate Care Unit at Alton Memorial Hospital, part of BJC HealthCare, where nurses are supported, recognized, and empowered to provide exceptional care. This role is open to both new graduate and experienced Registered Nurses and offers a stable day‑shift schedule, strong benefits, and opportunities to grow and advance at the bedside in a collaborative, community‑based setting.60;

Role Highlights

• Open to ADN, BSN, and MSN candidates
• Day shift schedule: (2) 12‑hour shifts, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM Up to $7500 sign on bonus for eligible external candidates
• Shift differentials for nights, weekends, and holidays
• Comprehensive benefits, including PTO accrual starting Day 1 and parental leave
• BJC RN Career Ladder supporting competency‑based advancement and professional growth while remaining at the bedside
• A culture of connection and recognition through BJC Connections Groups, BJC Bravo peer recognition, and the Thrive well‑being program

Overview

Since 1937, Alton Memorial Hospital has cared for residents in Alton, Illinois, and the surrounding communities in a five‑county area. Starting as a land gift to the community from the Smith family, Alton Memorial today is a full‑service acute care hospital. Alton Memorial offers patients a variety of inpatient and outpatient services, including surgery services, medical imaging, interventional and diagnostic heart services, cancer care, rehabilitation, 24‑hour emergency care, ambulance services and more.

The telemetry unit is a 32 bed unit, with all private rooms. Patients are under continuous 60;cardiac monitoring with clinical conditions that need closer observation and care.

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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 to patients who require a high level of clinical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population‑specific needs.
• 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.
• Promotes respect, equity and empathy in interactions with diverse and vulnerable populations through care delivery (e.g. support for emotional, spiritual, and cultural preferences of patient, family and/or caregivers).
• Practices collaborative problem solving, service recovery and advocacy for patient family centered continuity of care.
• Implements care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
• Demonstrates their individual role to the ongoing advancement of nursing clinical practice (e.g. participation in community health events, professional organization membership, quality improvement, continuing education activities).
• Evaluates changes in patient's condition, informs and collaborates with family and/or caregivers, and communicates with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, updates plan of care in EMR.
• Evaluates current nursing care to ensure evidence‑based practice and quality patient outcomes.
• 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: Supervisor Experience No Experience
• Licenses & Certifications: RN

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree- Nursing
• Experience 2-5 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

Benefits Summary

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs.

Equal Opportunity Employer