Provides comprehensive pre- and post-operative nursing care for patients undergoing complex peripheral vascular and cardiovascular surgeries, including aneurysm repairs, carotid procedures, dialysis access, thrombolysis, and bypass surgeries.
Posted Oct 5
Shift and hours
Night shift Vascular Surgery PCU - Clinical RN (Night Shift) → Vascular Surgery RN (Night Shift)
Unit and setting
Vascular Surgery PCU · Hospital
License
RN license Registered Nurse (RN) with a Nursing Diploma/Associate’s degree; Bachelor’s preferred.
Term
Permanent
Do you qualify?
License
Registered Nurse (RN)Registered Nurse (RN) with a Nursing Diploma/Associate’s degree; Bachelor’s preferred.
Certification
BLS certificationCertification in BLS, ACLS, arterial line monitoring, and pacer wires.
Certification
ACLS certification
Certification
arterial line monitoring certification
Certification
pacer wires certification
Education
Nursing Diploma or Associate’s degree
Also asks
Strong assessment, communication, and patient education skillsStrong assessment, communication, and patient education skills.
Preferred
Education
Bachelor’s degree
Experience
critical care or cardiovascular nursing experienceExperience in critical care or cardiovascular nursing is highly preferred.
increased compensation through Nursing Career LadderOpportunities for career advancement through a Nursing Career Ladder that promotes professional growth and increased compensation.advancement through a Nursing Career Ladder
Benefits
Benefitshealth insuranceBenefits include health insurance, retirement plans, tuition assistance, flexible scheduling, and more.
patients undergoing complex peripheral vascular and cardiovascular surgeries, including aneurysm repairs, carotid procedures, dialysis access, thrombolysis, and bypass surgeries
Day to day
Assessing patient needs and developing individualized care plans in collaboration with the healthcare teamAssessing patient needs and developing individualized care plans in collaboration with the healthcare team.
Day to day
Educating patients and families on disease management, post-treatment care, and medication administrationEducating patients and families on disease management, post-treatment care, and medication administration.
Day to day
Ensuring patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance through active participation in safety initiatives and professional developmentEnsuring patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance through active participation in safety initiatives and professional development.
Day to day
Using critical thinking and clinical expertise to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional patient needs, respecting cultural and individual preferencesUsing critical thinking and clinical expertise to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional patient needs, respecting cultural and individual preferences.
Details
safety-sensitive position requiring alertness and adherence to safety standardsThis is a safety-sensitive position requiring alertness and adherence to safety standards.
Provides comprehensive pre- and post-operative nursing care for patients undergoing complex peripheral vascular and cardiovascular surgeries, including aneurysm repairs, carotid procedures, dialysis access, thrombolysis, and bypass surgeries.
Responsibilities include
Assessing patient needs and developing individualized care plans in collaboration with the healthcare team.
Educating patients and families on disease management, post-treatment care, and medication administration.
Ensuring patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance through active participation in safety initiatives and professional development.
Using critical thinking and clinical expertise to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional patient needs, respecting cultural and individual preferences.
Qualifications and Skills
Registered Nurse (RN) with a Nursing Diploma/Associate’s degree; Bachelor’s preferred.
Certification in BLS, ACLS, arterial line monitoring, and pacer wires.
Experience in critical care or cardiovascular nursing is highly preferred.
Strong assessment, communication, and patient education skills.
Additional Information
Opportunities for career advancement through a Nursing Career Ladder that promotes professional growth and increased compensation.
Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, tuition assistance, flexible scheduling, and more.
This is a safety-sensitive position requiring alertness and adherence to safety standards.
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.
