Acute Medicine Clinical Nurse (FT) (Nights)
About The Position
Unit 5500 Acute Care Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (South Campus) is a 25-bed unit seeking a Full Time Acute Medicine Clinical Nurse for night shifts (7pm-7am). This position involves 12-hour shifts with a 4/5:1 nurse to patient ratio and requires every third weekend rotation. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the St. Louis region's top adult hospital, consistently ranked on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll, and is a Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing. As a teaching hospital in partnership with Washington University School of Medicine, it provides cutting-edge treatments and serves a diverse population, including the under-served and under-insured.
Requirements
- Nursing Diploma/Associate's in Nursing
- No Experience required
- No Supervisor Experience required
- RN License
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- <2 years of experience
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.
- 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.
- The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.
Benefits
- Sign-On Bonus Eligible (External applicants)
- Comprehensive Benefits - Effective first of month following start date
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
