Clinical Nurse Wound & Ostomy

BJC offers a Registered Nurse Career Ladder that differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area. This program empowers nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression, promoting professional development, leadership, collaboration, education, and service excellence. Advancing to higher ladder levels results in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K with company match
• Tuition assistance
• Sign-on bonus eligible up to $7,500
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% automatic retirement contribution
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Paid time off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time
• Adoption assistance

About the Role

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital's staff includes full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by residents, interns, fellows, and other medical professionals. Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family-centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and their families on managing 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 the interprofessional team, patient, family, or caregiver, following established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
• Proactively plans and ensures communication of the care plan 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.

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

• Nursing diploma or Associate's degree in Nursing
• No prior experience required
• RN license

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing