Med Surg Cardiac Clinical Nurse - Part Time
Unit - Memorial Shiloh - Med Surg Cardiac, Full-Time Nights
Pay
- Up to $7,500 Sign-On Bonus
- Competitive Pay (see Career Ladder Information below)
- BSN Differential
- Shift Differential
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available 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 on first day
- BJC Institute for Learning and Development
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time
- Adoption assistance
About the Role
The Med Surg 5th Floor provides nursing care for adult medical/surgical/telemetry patients. Cares for patients pre and post cardiac catheterizations, surgical patients, percutaneous transluminal coronary (PTCA) and vascular intervention, respiratory problems, and renal patients. It also cares for patients who have new tracheostomies placed during hospitalizations.
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 by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. It is also accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center and has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2008.
Memorial Hospital Shiloh is a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital recognized with Magnet status in 2018. It provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.
BJC RN Career Ladder
The BJC Registered Nurse 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. It gives staff the opportunity to continue caring for patients while advancing to the next step in their career. Moves to higher ladder levels result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.
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.
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
- Experience: No prior experience required
- Supervisor Experience: Not required
- Licenses & Certifications: RN
Preferred Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)
- Telemetry Experience