Team Lead/Charge Nurse Ortho/Surg Nights
Overview
Opened in 2007, Progress West Hospital is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care. Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks. Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics.
About the role
Join our team as the Team Lead/Charge Nurse in the Ortho/Surg unit where you will have the opportunity to mentor others, lead a shift, and make a real impact on patient care. We are looking for a compassionate, motivated registered nurse who leads by example and fosters teamwork and excellence every day. This is a great growth opportunity for someone who is passionate about both clinical excellence and leadership development!
Responsibilities
- Participates in professional development
- Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment
- Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration
- Develops and implements individual plans of care in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care
- Provides unit leadership for defined period of time using critical thinking assessment and evaluation skills
- Evaluate patients response and modifies plan of care accordingly throughout the patients' stay
Requirements
- Minimum Requirements: Education Nursing Diploma/Associate's Nursing Experience 2-5 years Supervisor Experience No Experience Licenses & Certifications RN Preferred Requirements: Education Bachelor's Degree Nursing
Qualifications
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