Seeking Registered Nurses to join a dynamic, learning-focused team in a specialized inpatient unit.
Posted Sep 19
Shift and hours
8-hour shifts · evening shifts Part-time position with three 8-hour evening shifts weekly, including every 4th weekend and holiday rotation.3 shifts · 24 hours a week
Unit and setting
specialized inpatient unit · Hospital orthopedic, spine, urological, and plastic surgery patients
Nursing Diploma or Associate's Degree in NursingMinimum of a Nursing Diploma/Associate’s Degree in Nursing.
Also asks
communication, critical thinking, and patient advocacy skillsStrong communication, critical thinking, and patient advocacy skills.
Preferred
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
at least 2 years of nursing experiencePreferred experience includes at least 2 years of nursing experience, though no specific experience is mandatory.
increased compensation through RN Career LadderOpportunity for career growth through a structured RN Career Ladder emphasizing professional development, leadership, and increased compensation.professional development and leadership through a structured RN Career Ladder
Benefits
Benefitscomprehensive health coverageBenefits include comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, tuition assistance, paid time off, and more.
patient and family-centered educationPromoting patient and family-centered care through education on illness management, home care, and medication administration.
Day to day
participating in safety, quality, compliance activities, and professional developmentParticipating in safety, quality, and compliance activities, along with ongoing professional development.
Day to day
developing and executing individualized care plansDeveloping and executing individualized care plans collaboratively with the healthcare team, patients, and families.
Day to day
assessing physical, psychosocial, and emotional needsAssessing physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, considering patient preferences and barriers.
Day to day
maintaining safety standardsMaintaining safety standards, as this is a safety-sensitive position.
Hours stated
three 8-hour evening shifts weekly, including every 4th weekend and holiday rotation
Weekends
every 4th weekendPart-time position with three 8-hour evening shifts weekly, including every 4th weekend and holiday rotation.
Seeking Registered Nurses to join a dynamic, learning-focused team in a specialized inpatient unit. The role involves providing direct patient care for orthopedic, spine, urological, and plastic surgery patients, ensuring safe and effective post-operative recovery in a short-stay environment.
Key responsibilities include
Promoting patient and family-centered care through education on illness management, home care, and medication administration.
Participating in safety, quality, and compliance activities, along with ongoing professional development.
Developing and executing individualized care plans collaboratively with the healthcare team, patients, and families.
Assessing physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, considering patient preferences and barriers.
Maintaining safety standards, as this is a safety-sensitive position.
Qualifications and skills required
Minimum of a Nursing Diploma/Associate’s Degree in Nursing.
Neighborhoods+Young professionals on local Reddit threads most often land in Tower Grove (including Tower Grove South), Shaw, Lafayette Square, Soulard, Benton Park, the Central West End, The Grove, Dogtown, and University City—walkable brick neighborhoods with restaurants and nightlife. The Central West End sits beside Forest Park with grand historic homes; Soulard and Lafayette Square are denser rowhouse districts. Families and a quieter suburban texture cluster in Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Olivette, and Niche’s 2026 metro #1, Brentwood (small-town feel, park paths, easy central commute), plus Ballwin and closer-in Affton. Extra Space’s 2026 safety-and-budget list also flags Boulevard Heights, Lindenwood Park, North Hampton, and Princeton Heights as lower-cost city options with a more residential, parks-and-bungalows feel.
Young professionals on local Reddit threads most often land in Tower Grove (including Tower Grove South), Shaw, Lafayette Square, Soulard, Benton Park, the Central West End, The Grove, Dogtown, and University City—walkable brick neighborhoods with restaurants and nightlife. The Central West End sits beside Forest Park with grand historic homes; Soulard and Lafayette Square are denser rowhouse districts.
Families and a quieter suburban texture cluster in Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Olivette, and Niche’s 2026 metro #1, Brentwood (small-town feel, park paths, easy central commute), plus Ballwin and closer-in Affton. Extra Space’s 2026 safety-and-budget list also flags Boulevard Heights, Lindenwood Park, North Hampton, and Princeton Heights as lower-cost city options with a more residential, parks-and-bungalows feel.
Getting around+These sources do not name hospital campuses, parking garages, or transit lines, so treat hospital-door details as something to verify on a site visit. What they do say: the region is generally easy to drive, with “wild drivers” as a recurring local complaint. Affton is about 20 minutes to downtown in good traffic; Ballwin about 30 minutes. Brentwood is described as central with a fairly easy commute and walkable park paths. Healthcare is listed among the metro’s popular industries, so many nurses will be on those same city–suburb road corridors rather than a documented rail commute.
These sources do not name hospital campuses, parking garages, or transit lines, so treat hospital-door details as something to verify on a site visit. What they do say: the region is generally easy to drive, with “wild drivers” as a recurring local complaint.
Affton is about 20 minutes to downtown in good traffic; Ballwin about 30 minutes. Brentwood is described as central with a fairly easy commute and walkable park paths.
Healthcare is listed among the metro’s popular industries, so many nurses will be on those same city–suburb road corridors rather than a documented rail commute.
Outdoors+Forest Park is the outdoor and civic heart: 1,300 acres, larger than Central Park, with room to walk, bike, and hit free museums and the zoo in one outing. Laumeier Sculpture Park is the most-named “hidden gem” sculpture-and-green-space destination; botanical gardens, public murals, and flourishing city parks show up in visitor roundups. Greenway projects are expanding trail-style commuting and recreation. The city sits at the Mississippi–Missouri confluence, so river identity is real even when daily life is more park-path than water. Walkable suburbs such as Brentwood sell park paths as part of the residential package. Seasonal outdoor life runs through those parks and trails rather than a single beach or mountain scene.
Forest Park is the outdoor and civic heart: 1,300 acres, larger than Central Park, with room to walk, bike, and hit free museums and the zoo in one outing. Laumeier Sculpture Park is the most-named “hidden gem” sculpture-and-green-space destination; botanical gardens, public murals, and flourishing city parks show up in visitor roundups.
Greenway projects are expanding trail-style commuting and recreation. The city sits at the Mississippi–Missouri confluence, so river identity is real even when daily life is more park-path than water.
Walkable suburbs such as Brentwood sell park paths as part of the residential package. Seasonal outdoor life runs through those parks and trails rather than a single beach or mountain scene.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Saint Louis
St. Louis rewards nurses who treat it as a patchwork of towns, not one skyline. Young professionals cluster in the Central West End, The Grove, Shaw, Benton Park, Soulard, and University City; families look to Brentwood, Olivette, Kirkwood, Webster Groves, and Ballwin (Rockwood and Parkway schools). Downtown is roughly 20 minutes from Affton and 30 from Ballwin in good traffic. The costs are real: city crime and vacant stretches, a city–county social divide, tough summers, spring pollen and fall ragweed, aggressive drivers, and a yearly personal-property tax on cars. Choose the block first. Then The Hill’s toasted ravioli, Soulard Farmers Market, City Museum, CITYPARK soccer, and Laumeier Sculpture Park make the move feel larger than the paycheck.
