Inpatient Surgical (RN) (PRN)

About the Role

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound, and pain management services. The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest credential for nursing excellence and quality patient care, achieved by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area.

The Inpatient Surgical floor is a 68-bed unit providing treatment interventions to primarily post-surgical patients, including a 10-bed Surgical Complex wing.

This is a safety-sensitive position requiring the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.

Role Purpose

Provides 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 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 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.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma or Associate's in Nursing
• Experience: No prior experience required
• Supervisor Experience: Not required
• Licenses & Certifications: RN (Registered Nurse)

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

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 date.
• 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.