Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $32-48 per hour

BJC HealthCare; Valley Park (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $15k sign-on bonus

Job summary

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for Med Surg in Valley Park, Missouri. The role is full-time, night shift, on a General Surgery and intermediate care unit within a bariatric center of excellence.

Nurses will provide direct care to adult surgical patients, including education, monitoring, and medication administration, on a unit offering advanced care outside the ICU. This position emphasizes patient safety and professional development.

Qualifications

• RN with Nursing Diploma or Associate's Degree
• License to practice as a Registered Nurse
• No specific software tools required for the role

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and their families on illness/injury, post-treatment home care, and medication administration.
• Participates in patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Participates in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team.
• Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Uses nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs.
• Assesses patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including cultural needs.
• Safety-sensitive position requiring alertness and safe practice.

Skills

Med Surg

RN

Patient care

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree

Job description

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Valley Park, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff
• Full-time Nights
• up to $15k sign on bonus eligible (external applicants)

Additional Information About the RoleThe General Surgery floor and intermediate care unit is located on north campus in the Schoenberg Pavilion and is a bariatric center of excellence.

The nurses care for patients who undergo innovative surgeries including plastic reconstruction, minimally invasive surgery, endocrine oncology, and ophthalmology.

The intermediate care unit provides monitoring of adult surgical patients that do not meet criteria for ICU but require a higher level of care such as continuous cardiac monitoring, frequent I & O, end-tidal CO2 monitoring, initiation of CPAP/BIPAP, frequent vital signs, and intravenous medication management of approved medications.

Additional Preferred Requirements

BSN OverviewBarnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

4900 General Surgery cares for a wide variety of patients including Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric, Plastic Reconstruction, Endocrine-oncology, Orthopedics and Opthalmology. We are recognized as a Bariatric Center of Excellence. The various surgical services that comprise our patient population make 4900 a dynamic floor on which to build your nursing skillset.

Preferred QualificationsRole 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
• Experience
• No Experience
• Supervisor Experience