Clinical Nurse - Pediatric ER, Part Time

About the role

The Emergency Department at St. Louis Children's Hospital is a designated trauma center that treats nearly 50,000 children each year. As one of the top‑ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas and is committed to improving the health and lives of children through inpatient and outpatient medical care, education, wellness, and injury‑prevention programs.

Schedule

Part‑time position: two 12‑hour night shifts per week (7:00 pm – 7:30 am), with every third weekend and holiday rotation as required by the department.

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 the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with 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 values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population‑specific needs.

Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma or Associate’s degree in Nursing.
• Experience: No prior experience required.
• Supervisor Experience: None required.
• Licenses & Certifications: Current RN license.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Preferred: 1 year of RN experience in an emergency department or pediatric acute care setting.
• Role purpose: Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.
• BJC Career Ladder: The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder supports professional development, leadership, collaboration, education, and service excellence, allowing nurses to advance and receive pay increases aligned with higher ladder levels.

Benefits

• 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.