Regional Float ED RN (Nights) – CSO

About the role

Join BJC HealthCare’s Central Staffing Office (CSO) as a Regional Float ED Registered Nurse (RN) and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care across the system. In this role, you’ll support 11 BJC hospitals across Missouri and Illinois (excluding Children’s Hospital). Designed for experienced nurses who value variety and flexibility, this position offers system-wide exposure within a supportive, team-oriented environment grounded in connection, collaboration, and professional growth.

Schedule

• Three 12-hour night shifts per week
• Flexible start times based on Emergency Department needs: 5:45 PM, 6:00 PM, 6:30 PM, 6:45 PM, or 7:00 PM
• Rotating weekend and holiday schedule

Responsibilities

• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance
• Participates in professional development
• Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family, and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
• Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate to facilitate the development of the care plan unique to the patient’s care needs
• Uses the nursing process and evidence-based practice to develop and implement the plan of care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes, determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes
• Develops assessment and management strategies based on a consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health problems
• Utilizes leadership skills by advocating, coordinating and collaborating with the patient, family, significant others and members of the interprofessional team in assessing needs, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating outcomes
• Uses effective leadership skills to foster a healthy work environment within the practice setting by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department’s scope of service
• Utilizes effective communication to participate with the patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within the boundaries of available economic resources
• Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote comfort

Requirements

• 2+ years of Emergency Department (ED) RN experience
• Current Missouri RN license + ability to obtain Illinois RN license
• Willingness to travel between BJC facilities in MO & IL
• Strong adaptability in variable clinical environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous trauma and float experience preferred
• ADN, BSN, or MSN accepted
• TNCC certification
• 5–10 years of nursing experience

Skills

• Medical-surgical nursing practice
• Patient assessment and diagnosis
• Evidence-based practice implementation
• Leadership and mentorship
• Interprofessional collaboration
• Culturally sensitive, ethical, and holistic care
• Patient and family education

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

Pay

• $20/hour float differential + shift differentials
• Mileage reimbursement
• Illinois initial RN license reimbursement provided
• BSN differential available