Rapid Response RN

BJC HealthCare•St. Louis, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Rapid Response/ACT RN serves as a hospital-wide critical care resource, providing expert support across the Barnes-Jewish Hospital campus. This highly autonomous role partners with bedside nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams to assess patient deterioration, respond to rapid response and difficult airway events, facilitate escalation of care, and help ensure patients receive timely interventions when clinical conditions change. Rapid Response RN nurses bring critical care experience to every care environment, supporting inpatient units and outpatient areas. Responsibilities may include acute patient assessment, IV access, blood draws, cardiac rhythm interpretation, and real-time clinical consultation. Team members are frequently called upon to serve as a second set of eyes, helping validate concerns, coordinate resources, and support complex clinical decision-making for patients requiring a higher level of care. This role is ideal for experienced critical care nurses who enjoy fast-paced problem-solving, collaboration, mentorship, and practicing at the top of their license outside of a traditional ICU setting. Nurses with backgrounds in Trauma, Neuro, Burn, CVICU, and Medical/Surgical ICU environments are especially well positioned for success. This team offers a unique opportunity to expand your critical care impact beyond the ICU while supporting patients and caregivers across one of the nation's leading academic medical centers. Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. To provide the hospital with an additional source of Registered Nurses for use by all patient care areas within Barnes-Jewish Hospital. To provide staffing support that accommodates changes in patient census and acuity. To augment staffing needs during unscheduled ETO when other staffing options are not available. To assist in the cost effective utilization of nursing personnel to promote the delivery of quality patient care. Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

Requirements

RN license
Minimum 5 years of ICU experience required
ACLS required
Strong adaptability in variable clinical environments
Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree in Nursing
No Experience (for Supervisor Experience)

Nice To Haves

BSN differential available
CCRN preferred
TNCC preferred
Ultrasound-Guided IV Certification
Level I Trauma Center experience preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
<2 years experience

Responsibilities

Serves as a hospital-wide critical care resource, providing expert support across the Barnes-Jewish Hospital campus.
Partners with bedside nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams to assess patient deterioration, respond to rapid response and difficult airway events, facilitate escalation of care, and help ensure patients receive timely interventions when clinical conditions change.
Supports inpatient units and outpatient areas.
Performs acute patient assessment, IV access, blood draws, cardiac rhythm interpretation, and real-time clinical consultation.
Serves as a second set of eyes, helping validate concerns, coordinate resources, and support complex clinical decision-making for patients requiring a higher level of 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.
Assesses patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
Works in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.

Benefits

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
$15/hour float differential plus applicable shift differentials
BSN differential available
Recognition through BJC Bravo, Connections Groups, and Thrive well-being