ICU Clinical Nurse - Nights

Unit - ICU at Memorial Hospital in Belleville

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 patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital, and a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence. Critical Care procedures performed in the ICU include insertion of central venous catheters, Quinton catheters, Swan-Ganz catheters, SvCO2 catheters, Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps, temporary pacers, chest tubes, arterial lines, and application of bispectral monitoring. ICU nurses are trained in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and one nurse responds to all Code Blues in the hospital.

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 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

Minimum Requirements

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

Preferred Requirements

• ICU Experience
• BSN Degree

Benefits

At BJC we’re committed to providing comprehensive benefits and resources to support physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available on the first day of the month after hire
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available from the first day
• 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 additional differentials for BSN and shift (nights). The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder allows advancement to higher ladder levels, resulting in a percentage increase of current pay aligned with the new job description.

Schedule

Full Time, Nights