Clinical Nurse - Behavioral Assessment Response Team

About the role

The Behavioral Assessment Response Team (BART) at St. Louis Children's Hospital assists in providing care for patients with complex behavioral health needs. The team floats throughout the hospital to provide education on escalation prevention, reviews and updates behavioral plans, establishes relationships, responds to CPI events, and much more!

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of Behavioral Health RN experience.
• BJC Nursing Career Ladder.
• Prior experience in pediatrics.
• CPI trained.

Qualifications

• Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's.
• Experience: No Experience.
• Licenses & Certifications: RN.

Skills

• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.

Benefits

Benefits eligible
Full-time; 36 hours per week
Days; three 12-hr shifts; 7am-7:30pm
Weekend rotation
Holiday rotation

BJC Total Rewards
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

Equal Opportunity Employer