Team Lead Charge PACU
About The Position
The Team Lead Charge PACU plans, directs, and coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift under the direction of a manager. The role performs direct patient care as needed and serves as a clinical resource to nursing and support staff. It also assesses, plans, evaluates, and documents the nursing process for the assigned unit as needed. The position is at Barnes-Jewish Hospital's Center for Advanced Medicine. The schedule is days, three 12-hour shifts (0900–2130), with no weekends or holidays and 24 hours of call per six-week schedule. The unit handles 40–60 cases per day, including eyes, ORS, breast, flaps, vascular, and gender-reaffirming surgeries. Critical care or procedural experience is preferred. The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder supports professional development, leadership, collaboration, education, and service excellence, with opportunities to advance and receive a pay increase aligned with the next job description. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is a Magnet-certified hospital and describes its PACU as a fast-paced setting involving complex procedures, advanced technologies and treatments, and collaboration with surgeons and anesthesiologists.
Requirements
- Nursing diploma or associate degree in nursing.
- 2–5 years of experience.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license or certification.
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in nursing.
- 5–10 years of experience.
- Critical care or procedural experience.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate identification and resolution of gaps in care from hospitalization through discharge and into the ambulatory care setting.
- Critically assess patient data to proactively mitigate impending changes in condition and establish consultations with the interprofessional team as appropriate.
- Lead the development and implementation of complex individual plans of care with defined goals, in collaboration with the interprofessional team and the patient, family, or caregiver.
- Apply expert holistic clinical knowledge to anticipate and prioritize complex care needs, anticipate barriers, incorporate team and caregiver or family input, and identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
- Use and champion scientific inquiry and evidence-based practices, including supporting practice changes, recommending standards of care, conducting literature searches, and sharing knowledge from conferences or continuing education.
- Explore opportunities to advance nursing practice through community service, patient and family education, advisory and ethics committees, adjunct faculty work, or specialty organization leadership.
- Analyze gaps in practice standards and provide feedback to peers in collaboration with leadership to enhance safe patient care.
- Lead evaluation of the patient and family experience and adjust care to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care.
- Perform direct patient care as needed and serve as a clinical resource to nursing and support staff.
- Assess, plan, evaluate, and document the nursing process for the assigned unit as needed.
Benefits
- Bonus eligible.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services, available 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
