Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Provides direct nursing care in settings where patients require complex assessments and intervention, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. St. Joseph Hospital-St Charles is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
- Eligibility
- Emergency Nursing
Posted Sep 16 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- PRN as needed
- Unit and setting
- Emergency Dept WZ · Hospital
- License
- RN license Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- Term
- Per Diem
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN) Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Check your license
- License
- Registered Nurse (RN) Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Check your license
- License
- Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Check your license
- Certification
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Certification
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Certification
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Certification
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
- Certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Certification
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Certification
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Education
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
Benefits
- Omitted
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Collect comprehensive patient health data Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the health care consumer’s health and/or situation.
- Day to day
- Triage patients by priority and optimize flow
- Day to day
- Analyze assessment data to determine diagnosis or issues Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues.
- Day to day
- Identify individualized expected outcomes Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the health care consumer or the situation.
- Day to day
- Implement, coordinate, and educate to promote health and safe practice Implements, coordinates, and educates, to promote health and a safe practice environment.
- Day to day
- Evaluate progress toward outcomes Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
- Day to day
- Communicate effectively across practice areas Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
- Day to day
- Demonstrate leadership in practice and profession Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
- Day to day
- Attain current practice knowledge and competence Attains knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice.
- Day to day
- Apply evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge to Emergency Nursing
- Day to day
- Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Day to day
- Perform other duties as assigned Performs other duties as assigned.
- Hours stated
- Variable Shift
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Emergency is open from year one. Fellowships take new grads. Watch their application dates.
Original listing
Posted on St. Joseph Hospital-St Charles’ careers page.
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It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville Worker Type: PRN1 Job Highlights:
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PRN as needed Job
Summary
Provides direct nursing care in settings where patients require complex assessments and intervention, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Job Responsibilities and
Requirements
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the health care consumer’s health and/or situation. Triages each health care consumer utilizing age, developmentally appropriate, and culturally sensitive practices to prioritize and optimize health care consumer flow, expediting those health care consumers who require immediate care. Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues.
Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the health care consumer or the situation. Implements, coordinates, and educates, to promote health and a safe practice environment. Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice. Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession. Attains knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice.
Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to Emergency 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. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing EXPERIENCE No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. Constant standing and walking. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving of patients. Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional driving. Rare crawling and running. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) State of Work Location: Missouri Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) State of Work Location: Oklahoma Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State And Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) State of Work Location: Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Work Shift: Variable Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 2000020002 Emergency Dept WZ Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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What's around it?
Wentzville, MO
Living costs about 9% below the US average