BJC HealthCare
Academic Medical Center · Missouri
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Academic Medical Center
- Recognition
- Magnet®
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 3
Benefits
Tuition assistance; student-loan repayment at select hospitals; sign-on bonuses on eligible units; relocation assistance on select roles; BSN and shift differentials; RN Career Ladder percentage raises; additional PTO on some Med/Surg incentive packages; paid NCLEX study days for new grads.
What stands out
New graduates
New graduate and clinical nurse roles post at $32.00–$48.28/hour, with a BSN differential and shift differentials on top.
New graduates
Nurse residency programs run at select hospitals, and the continuous graduate nurse posting is refreshed twice a year for Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec cohorts.
As of 2025Source 1: jobs.bjc.orgSource 2: stlouischildrens.org
Experienced nurses
On High-Risk Cardiology you can stack a $5/hour med/surg differential, sign-on eligibility, extra PTO on the incentive package, and percentage raises as you climb the RN Career Ladder.
Moving here
Relocation assistance is posted for High-Risk Cardiology clinical nurse roles and for nursing roles at Christian Hospital.
More about working here
New graduates
Tuition assistance is available system-wide, student-loan repayment is eligible at select hospitals, and new grads get paid NCLEX study days.
As of 2025Source: jobs.bjc.org
Experienced nurses
Outpatient Cardiac Rehab at Barnes-Jewish West County runs Monday–Friday with no nights, weekends, holidays, or call if you want a steadier rhythm.
New graduates
After you apply, Talent Acquisition often contacts you within 24 hours and the interview can include a department shadow.
As of 2025Source: stlouischildrens.org
Experienced nurses
High-Risk Cardiology is a 32-bed unit on 12-hour flexible shifts covering CAD, heart failure, arrhythmias, and devices under hospitalist attendings with cardiology consult.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- 12 Hour Shifts/Flexible Scheduling for High-Risk Cardiology; Outpatient Cardiac Rehab Mon-Fri no nights/weekends/holidays/call; flexible schedules mentioned for Christian Hospital
- Pay and benefits
- New Graduate Nurse and Clinical Nurse roles: $32.00 – $48.28/hour based on qualifications and relevant work experience
- Pay and benefits
- $5.00 Med/Surg Differential per hour for High-Risk Cardiology Clinical Nurse
As of 2025Source: jobs.bjc.org
- Pay and benefits
- Sign On Bonus for Eligible Areas / Sign-On Bonus Eligible for High-Risk Cardiology Clinical Nurse
- Pay and benefits
- Relocation Assistance Available for High-Risk Cardiology Clinical Nurse; also mentioned for Christian Hospital nursing roles
- Pay and benefits
- RN Career Ladder: moves to higher ladder levels result in a percentage increase of current pay
As of 2025Source: jobs.bjc.org
- Pay and benefits
- Additional PTO for experienced RNs on Med/Surg Incentive Package (High-Risk Cardiology)
As of 2025Source: jobs.bjc.org
Starting out and growing here
- Nurse residency
- Nurse Residency Programs Available at Select Hospitals · Applications: Continuous Graduate Nurse posting updated twice a year for Jan-Jun and Jul-Dec graduates
As of 2025Source 1: jobs.bjc.orgSource 2: stlouischildrens.org
- Career development
- BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education, and service excellence; higher levels yield percentage pay increase
As of 2025Source: jobs.bjc.org
Who they are
When you picture yourself at BJC HealthCare, you are looking at a nonprofit system of 14 hospitals and more than 47,000 team members across Greater St. Louis, Southern Illinois, and Kansas City.
- Academic Medical Center · Missouri
- Magnet® recognized
- Hiring days
- Sign-on bonus · 1 role
More about BJC HealthCare
Barnes-Jewish—the largest hospital in Missouri, with Washington University faculty on the units—anchors the network, and Epic is the charting system you will use day to day. New graduate and clinical nurse roles are posted at $32.00–$48.28 an hour based on qualifications and experience, with a BSN differential for new grads, shift differentials, and an RN Career Ladder that adds a percentage to your base as you move up. Residency programs run at select hospitals; the graduate nurse posting refreshes twice a year for January–June and July–December cohorts; and you get paid NCLEX study days. Tuition assistance is available, and student-loan repayment is eligible at select hospitals. On floors like the 32-bed High-Risk Cardiology unit you will see 12-hour flexible shifts, a $5 med/surg differential, sign-on eligibility, extra PTO on the incentive package, and relocation help on some postings. Outpatient Cardiac Rehab at Barnes-Jewish West County is a Monday–Friday option with no nights, weekends, holidays, or call. Nurses here often mention supportive leadership and real collaboration. You will also hear that metrics can crowd out morale, promotion paths sometimes feel fuzzy, and the paycheck does not always match the workload. Critical Care, Women and Infants, and the ED have limited seats for new graduates, so it helps to be open about where you start.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Supportive leadership and collaboration
- Many employees value supportive leadership, collaboration, flexibility, and commitment to well-being.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Politics and communication issues
- Some describe a challenging environment with workplace politics and communication problems.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Metrics over morale
- Frustration that management prioritizes metrics over staff morale, with calls for more accountability.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
More review themes
- Pay vs workload and unclear promotions
- Employees say pay does not match workload and promotion paths can be unclear despite development opportunities.
- Work-life balance strain
- Flexibility is valued but heavy workload expectations often undermine healthy work-life balance.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Overall ratings
- 3.7/5 overall from 1988 reviews; 72% would recommend; work/life and comp/benefits 3.5; senior management 3.4.
What to weigh
Nurses on Glassdoor still say the pay often does not match the workload and that promotion paths can feel unclear even with a career ladder on paper.
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 26, 2026
- Website
- jobs.bjc.org ↗
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- RehabDays 3new grads3 open
High-Risk Cardiology
32-bed unit covered by Hospitalist Attendings with cardiology consult; CAD, HTN, chest pain, pacemaker/ICD, arrhythmias, HF, valve disease, pulmonary HTN; BLS/ACLS/EKG certs.
Source location unconfirmedSource: jobs.bjc.org
Outpatient Cardiac Rehab
Ambulatory nurse at Heart Care Institute on Barnes Jewish West County Campus; Mon-Fri no nights/weekends/holidays/call; telemetry required; cardiac/critical care preferred.
Source location unconfirmedSource: jobs.bjc.org
Critical Care
Critical Care areas have limited openings for new graduates.
Source location unconfirmedSource: stlouischildrens.org
Women and Infants
Women and Infants areas have limited openings for new graduates.
Source location unconfirmedSource: stlouischildrens.org
Emergency Department
Emergency Department has limited openings for new graduates; high patient volumes noted at Barnes-Jewish ED.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: stlouischildrens.orgSource 2: barnesjewish.org
Open roles
Current openings at BJC HealthCare
Refreshed throughout the day.
Outpatient Cardiac Rehab Registered Nurse
BJC HealthCareMissouri, United States
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- 8-hour days
- ADN accepted
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