ICU Registered Nurse -Part Time Nights

About the Role

BJC RN Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area. This tool empowers nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression. The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education, and service excellence, offering opportunities to advance while continuing to care for patients. Advancement to higher ladder levels results in a percentage increase in current pay.

Barnes Jewish West County Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility that opened in November 2019. We are seeking Registered Nurses to join a growing and learning team in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a 4-bed environment for patients requiring critical care support for medical conditions or post-surgical recovery. The ICU team also serves as members of the clinical emergency response team. This position offers a clear path for growth into a Team Lead/Charge Nurse role as unit complexity expands.

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital provides highly specialized surgical and medical services in an intimate, patient-centered environment. The facility includes 64 private patient rooms, 14 operating rooms, and four ICU rooms, designed for innovation, efficiency, and patient comfort. The campus features a park-like setting with landscaping and walking paths.

The ICU primarily cares for Med/Surg ICU, Post-op Ortho, Colorectal, General Surgery, and Medical ICU patients. ICU RNs also respond to all in-house codes.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family-centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and families on managing illness or injury, including post-treatment home care and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Engages in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individualized plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team, patient, and family.
• 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.

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

• ICU experience required.
• Current RN licensure.
• Position is for 12-hour night shifts, part-time.
• Eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following start date.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

Benefits

• 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 benefit combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

Not all benefits apply to all jobs.