ICU (RN) (FT) (NIGHTS)

Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital is a designated critical access hospital committed to providing quality health care service to residents in Crawford, Franklin and Washington counties. The hospital has enhanced and expanded the health care services available to the greater Sullivan community with its state-of-the-art emergency department, modern childbirth center, critical care unit, multi-room surgical suite, expanded cardiac rehab services, and a cancer center. A 22,500 square-foot medical office building provides offices for primary care physicians as well as space for a variety of visiting medical and surgical specialists from the St. Louis area. The hospital operates four rural health clinics and a comprehensive Therapy and Rehabilitation department, along with an award-winning Wound Care Center featuring two hyperbaric chambers.

About the Role

The six-bed Critical Care Unit is equipped with state-of-the-art cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring, caring for patients requiring critical care intervention for acute or potentially life-threatening ailments and surgical recoveries in private rooms. The unit maintains a 2:1 nurse-to-patient ratio and serves a patient population including:

• Respiratory distress
• Intubated patients
• Occasional post-MI patients
• Acute cardiac patients stabilized and transferred to higher levels of care

This is a full-time position with three 12-hour shifts per week, including a night shift differential.

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, following established nursing care guidelines and standards.
• 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.

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 of 1 to 2 years of hospital-based Med/Surg experience.
• Active RN license.
• Seeking experienced hospital-based bedside RNs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available the first day of the month following hire date.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition assistance available beginning on Day One of employment.
• 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.

Benefits eligibility begins the first day of the month following the start date. Not all benefits apply to all jobs.