TEAM LEAD/CHARGE RN - Acute Medicine (Unit 5200) FT Nights

Barnes-Jewish Hospital; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On Bonus Eligible

BSN Differential

Shift Differentials

Benefits Eligible - Effective first of

401K

Tuition Assistance - Available Day-One

Job summary

Barnes-Jewish Hospital is seeking a registered nurse for a full-time night shift on Unit 5200 Acute Care Medicine (South Campus). The role involves planning, directing, and coordinating patient care, providing direct nursing care, and serving as a clinical resource to the team.

The position emphasizes gap-closure in care across hospital-to-ambulatory transitions, with leadership in developing comprehensive care plans in collaboration with the interprofessional team and family.

Qualifications

• RN license required.
• 2–5 years nursing experience.
• BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and coordinate unit activities for a designated shift.
• Provide direct patient care and act as a clinical resource to staff.
• Assess, plan, implement, and document nursing care per standards.
• Identify and resolve gaps in care across hospitalization, discharge, and ambulatory settings.
• Lead development of care plans with input from interprofessional team and family.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

• Unit 5200 Acute Care Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (South Campus)
• 17-Bed Unit

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Full Time Nights
• (3) 12-hour shifts per week
• 7pm - 7am
• Works every third weekend

Unit Description

• Unit 5200 Acute Care Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (South Campus)
• 17-Bed Unit

Benefits Include

• Sign-On Bonus Eligible
• BSN Differential
• Shift Differentials
• Benefits Eligible - Effective first of month following start date
• 401K
• Tuition Assistance - Available Day-One Employment

CAREER LADDER

• The BJC Registered 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.

Role Purpose

Under the direction of manager, plans, directs, and coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift. Performs direct patient care as needed and functions as clinical resource to nursing and support staff. Assesses, plans, evaluates and documents the nursing process of assigned unit as needed.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates identification and resolution of gaps in care from hospitalization, at discharge, and into the ambulatory care setting. Critically assess patient data to proactively mitigate impending changes in condition and establishes consults to interprofessional team as appropriate.
• Leads the development and implementation of complex individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and the patient, family, or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Plan of care reflects application of expert holistic clinical knowledge and skill to anticipate and prioritize complex care needs, anticipate barriers, incorporating interprofessional team and caregiver/family input, and identifies opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
• Actively utilizes and champions scientific inquiry for evidence-based practices (e.g., participates in journal club, facilitates practice change based on new knowledge, recommends new standards of care or revisions to current standards, conduct a literature search to support unit or organizational goals, disseminate new knowledge obtained from relevant conference or continuing education). Explore opportunities to advance nursing practice (e.g., support a community service health event as a representative of the healthcare profession, patient/family education group, community advisory board, member of Ethics Advisory Committee, serve as adjunct faculty, leadership board in specialty organization).
• Analyzes gap in practice standards and provides feedback to peers in collaboration with leadership to enhance safe patient care. Leads the evaluation of the patient and family experience, and adjusts care provided to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care.
• 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

• 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• Nursing

Experience

• 5-10 years

Benefits And Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

• 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

• Not all benefits apply to all jobs

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The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer