High Risk Cardiac Clinical Nurse - Part Time

Unit - High Risk Cardiac (2NE) at Memorial Hospital in Belleville. Part-time, days shift.

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 as well as heart and vascular care. Two Northeast cares for patients pre and post cardiac catheterizations, implantable cardiac defibrillators, pacemaker insertions, percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention with and without sheaths, post thoracotomy, respiratory problems, and renal patients.

This position is designated as safety-sensitive. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

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.
• Participates in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team, 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.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma or Associate's in Nursing
• No prior experience required
• No supervisory experience required
• Licenses & Certifications: RN

Preferred Requirements

• Telemetry/Cardiac experience
• BSN degree

Benefits

BJC Total Rewards provides comprehensive benefits starting the first day of the month after hire date:

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time
• Adoption assistance

Pay

• Competitive pay with shift differential and BSN differential
• Up to $7,500 sign-on bonus

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