Emergency Department Clinical Nurse
About the role
Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care, including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services, heart and vascular care, and is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital, and a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008 it has been Magnet‑recognized for nursing excellence. Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94‑bed all‑private suite hospital, also holds Magnet status and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical/surgical services, and critical care. The Emergency Department handles a broad spectrum of emergencies, with critical adult, pediatric, and burn patients transferred to specialty hospitals in St. Louis, utilizing helicopter and advanced life support ambulances. The role purpose is to provide direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing 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.
- 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 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.
- BJC has determined 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
- Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's
- Experience: No Experience
- Supervisor Experience: No Experience
- Licenses & Certifications: RN
Preferred Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's Degree
- Experience: Nursing Experience
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