Telemetry (RN) (PRN) (DAYS)

About the Role

As part of BJC HealthCare, Parkland Health Center offers a unique combination of world-class medicine along with deep local roots and rich history. Parkland Health Center has two locations in St. Francois County, Missouri – a full-service acute care hospital in Farmington and a rural emergency hospital in Bonne Terre. The Farmington campus provides a full continuum of inpatient and medical-surgical and intensive care, obstetrics, emergency services, and a wide variety of outpatient services including oncology, infusion, wound care, and the Huckstep Heart and Lung Center. The Bonne Terre location is a Rural Emergency Hospital offering emergency services and outpatient services such as medical observation, lab, radiology, and sleep studies.

This is a PRN (as-needed) position.

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.

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 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.

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 Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Benefits

At BJC, we’re committed to providing comprehensive benefits and resources to support your well-being:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available on the first day of the month after hire
• 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.