Stepdown - Clinical Nurse

Christian Hospital and Northwest HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Flexible spending accounts

Adoption assistance

Zusammenfassung

Christian Hospital in St. Louis, MO seeks a dedicated RN to deliver direct patient care including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation under established nursing standards.

The role emphasizes patient and family education, safety, and collaborative care planning across the continuum with an interprofessional team. This is a safety-sensitive position in a major hospital setting.

Qualifikationen

• Education: Nursing Diploma or Associate's degree.
• Licenses: RN required.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Nursing.

Aufgaben

• Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, planning implementation, and evaluation within nursing standards.
• Promotes patient safety and educates patients and families on illness, post-treatment care and medications.
• Develops and documents care plans with goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team and patient/family.
• Communicates the plan of care across the continuum of care.

Kenntnisse

Patient care

Assessment

Communication

Ausbildung

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Tools

EMR systems

Jobbeschreibung

Additional Information About The Role

• Functions more like a MICU
• Does take ICU patients
• Lower ratios

Overview

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state! The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition. Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian, offers 24-hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.

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

Experience

• No Experience

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• Nursing

Experience

• No Experience

Benefits and Legal Statement

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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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Equal Opportunity Employer