Wound Care Clinical Nurse PRN

Progress West Hospital; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Progress West Hospital in St. Charles County seeks a Registered Nurse for a PRN role with open availability and no weekends or major holidays. The RN Career Ladder encourages nurses to work at the top of their license while advancing to higher ladder levels.

The hospital offers 24-hour emergency services, a modern facility, and a focus on patient-centered care. Ideal candidate has strong clinical skills and a passion for education and collaboration.

Qualifications

• RN licensure in good standing
• Experience with wound care preferred
• Ability to work PRN with open availability and flexibility

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment and educates on illness management and home care needs.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Develops and documents care plans with goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team and patient/family.
• Uses nursing assessment to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs and communicates plans across the continuum of care.
• Maintains safety as a core function and adheres to standards of nursing care.

Skills

Nursing

Direct patient care

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

• The BJC RN 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

Additional Information About The Role

• PRN Position


• Prefer wound care experience


• Open availability and flexibility


• No weekends, no major holidays, no on-call

Overview

Additional Preferred Requirements

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

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


• Nursing

Experience

• No Experience

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree


• Nursing

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

• Not all benefits apply to all jobs

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