Cardiac Surgery PCU Team Lead/Charge Nurse

About the role

Barnes Jewish Hospital is seeking a Cardiac Surgery PCU Team Lead/Charge Nurse. This is a great leadership opportunity within an award-winning hospital.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates identification and resolution of gaps in care from hospitalization, at discharge, and into the ambulatory care setting.
• Critically assess patient data to proactively mitigate impending changes in condition and establishes consults to interprofessional team as appropriate.
• Learns the development and implementation of complex individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and the patient, family, or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
• Plans of care reflect application of expert holistic clinical knowledge and skill to anticipate and prioritize complex care needs, anticipate barriers, incorporating interprofessional team and caregiver/family input, and identifies opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
• Actively utilizes and champions scientific inquiry for evidence-based practices (e.g., participates in journal club, facilitates practice change based on new knowledge, recommends new standards of care or revisions to current standards, conduct a literature search to support unit or organizational goals, disseminate new knowledge obtained from relevant conference or continuing education).
• Explores opportunities to advance nursing practice (e.g., support a community service health event as a representative of the healthcare profession, patient/family education group, community advisory board, member of Ethics Advisory Committee, serve as adjunct faculty, leadership board in specialty organization).
• Analyzes gap in practice standards and provides feedback to peers in collaboration with leadership to enhance safe patient care.
• Leads the evaluation of the patient and family experience, and adjusts care provided to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care.

Requirements

• Charge Nurse Experience Preferred, but Not Required
• Accept ADN/BSN/MSN Candidates
• BJC Career Ladder Promotes Professional Development, Leadership, Collaboration, Education, and Service Excellence
• Magnet Hospital Certification
• Strong Critical Thinking Skills
• Opportunity to be Involved in Patient Progression
• True Passion for Nursing and Joy for Work

Qualifications

• Education: BSN preferred, but not required
• Experience: 2-5 years of nursing experience

Skills

• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Scientific Inquiry
• Advancing Nursing Practice
• Evaluation of Patient and Family Experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services
• Disability insurance
• 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time
• Adoption assistance

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

12 Hour Shifts - 7:00am-7:30pm

Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services. The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education, and service excellence. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is an equal opportunity employer.