Stepdown Unit - Clinical Nurse - BJC : Job Details

Stepdown Unit - Clinical Nurse

BJC

Job Location : Saint Louis,MO, USA

Posted on : 2024-12-26T01:30:15Z

Job Description :
Additional Information About the Role
    • Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus
    • This is NOT a regular STEPDOWN...You will gain A LOT of Critical Care Experience here!!!
      • Exposure to insulin drips, vents, sepsis patients
      • Excellent segway into ICU!
    • Days or Nights available!
    • Benefits Eligible
    • Christian Hospital Step Down Unit
    • Rotating Weekends
    • 3 12 Hour Shifts
    • Only hosptial in region with fully vested Pension Plan!
    • Christian Hospital Step Down Unit
    • Rotating Weekends (Saturday and Sunday with PAY Differiental!!)
    • Robust Education Department
    • Essentials of Critical Care Orientation - over 14 weeks of critical care training (online and class mix)

    BJC Nursing 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.

Additional Preferred Requirements

  • Open to Graduate Nurses
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.

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.

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

    Experience

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