Clinical Nurse Transplant
About the role
Join a highly specialized surgical unit dedicated to caring for patients undergoing complex transplant and hepatobiliary procedures. As a Clinical Nurse, you will play a critical role in supporting patients through life-changing treatments while working alongside a collaborative team of experts in transplant medicine and surgery. As part of a nationally recognized transplant program performing more than 250 kidney transplants annually, you'll gain valuable experience in a high-acuity, fast-paced environment. Make a difference in transplant care.
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.
- Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate patient's physical, psychosocial and emotional needs.
- Develops and implements individual plans of care in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
- Evaluates patient's response and modifies plan of care accordingly throughout the patient's stay.
- Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
- Participates in professional development.
Requirements
Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's.
Experience: No prior experience required.
Supervisor Experience: No supervisor experience required.
Qualifications
Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
Graduate Nurse role purpose: Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care after completing a nursing program and before licensure; must obtain licensure within 90 days of graduation from an accredited school of nursing to remain employed in a HSO in the state of Missouri.
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.
- Sign-On Bonus: Up to $15,000.
Schedule
Full-Time, Nights Shift: Three 12-hour shifts per week.