Acute Medicine Clinical Nurse - FT Nights

Registered Nurse

Join our team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the largest hospital in Missouri and ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Our unit, 14400/14500 Acute Care Medicine, is a 38-bed unit that provides advanced training to bring new nurses to the highest level of functioning.

Job Description

• 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. Engages 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 established guidelines and standards of nursing 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's in Nursing
• Experience: No experience required
• Licenses & Certifications: RN

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Benefits

• Additional PTO following 90 days of employment (Requires 2+ years RN experience)
• $5.00 per hour Med/Surg differential on eligible shifts
• 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

Community Overview

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. Acute Care Medicine has patients with a full range of clinical issues—from significant blood dyscrasias to advanced endocrine pathology, heart and renal failure, GI conditions, infectious diseases, asthma, and a multitude of other conditions and diseases. Each unit is led by a clinical manager and lead charge nurse, supported by an advanced practice nurse and a multidisciplinary team to provide quality patient care.