Registered Nurse (RN) - Float Pool (Days or Nights) - Part Time
About The Position
The Registered Nurse Float Pool position at Barnes-Jewish Hospital provides patient-centered nursing care across more than 65 inpatient units, excluding the emergency department and intensive care unit. The role supplies staffing support across patient care areas in response to changes in patient census and acuity, and helps address unscheduled extra-time-off needs when other staffing options are unavailable. Nurses work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams in an academic medical center and gain experience with varied patient populations and specialties. This is a part-time, self-scheduled position averaging 24 hours per week, with day or night shift opportunities. The schedule includes two weekend shifts every six weeks and two holidays per year. The position offers a $15-per-hour Tier 2 float differential, in addition to applicable shift differentials. The nurse provides direct care, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with nursing standards. Care includes supporting patients and families, educating them about illness or injury and home-care needs, collaborating on individual plans of care, and promoting safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. BJC identifies this as a safety-sensitive position requiring constant alertness and safe work practices.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Nursing diploma or associate degree.
- At least two years of medical-surgical nursing experience.
- Strong clinical judgment and adaptability.
- Ability to practice confidently across a variety of inpatient settings.
- Commitment to exceptional patient care and teamwork.
- Ability to remain alert and work safely in a safety-sensitive position.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation according to nursing standards.
- Provide patient- and family-centered care in a healing environment.
- Educate patients and families on managing illness or injury, post-treatment care at home, and medication administration.
- Participate in activities that promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop, implement, and document individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team and the patient, family, or caregiver.
- Plan proactively and communicate the plan of care across the continuum of care.
- Assess and evaluate patients’ physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, preferences, and barriers to involvement in care.
- Provide staffing support across inpatient care areas to accommodate changes in patient census and acuity.
- Help address staffing needs during unscheduled extra-time-off situations when other staffing options are unavailable.
- Support cost-effective utilization of nursing personnel and quality patient care.
- Participate in professional development.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available beginning the first day of the month after hire.
- Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
- Annual 4% BJC automatic retirement contribution.
- 401(k) plan with BJC match.
- Tuition assistance available on the first day.
- BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
- Paid time off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
- Adoption assistance.
- Parental leave.
- PTO accrual beginning on Day 1.
- BJC Connections Groups, BJC Bravo peer recognition, and the Thrive well-being program.
- $15-per-hour Tier 2 float differential, in addition to applicable shift differentials.
- Opportunities for professional growth, career mobility, and clinical development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
