Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care - $32-48 per hour
Black Women's Mental Health Institute
Valley Park, Missouri
Role: Provides direct patient care in an acute care setting as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Posted Sep 26
- Unit and setting
- 26-bed acute care unit · Hospital Unit Details: Manages a 26-bed acute care unit with a focus on medical-surgical patients, including occasional trach care.medical-surgical patients, including occasional trach care
- License
- RN license Qualifications: Requires a Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree and RN licensure.RN licensure
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- RN licensure Qualifications: Requires a Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree and RN licensure.
- Education
- Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree
- Also asks
- Critical thinking Skills & Attributes: Critical thinking, patient-centered focus, ability to work in a safety-sensitive environment, and effective communication.
- Also asks
- patient-centered focus
- Also asks
- ability to work in a safety-sensitive environment
- Also asks
- effective communication
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelor's degree Preferred candidates hold a Bachelor's degree with less than 2 years of experience.
- Experience
- less than 2 years of experience
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Missouri staff rolesMissouri staff postings that state pay run $28/hr to $55/hr, the middle half $31/hr to $46/hr, across 464 postings.
- Pay differential
- Offers competitive pay, shift differentials, sign-on bonuses, and comprehensive benefits Offers competitive pay, shift differentials, sign-on bonuses, and comprehensive benefits
- Extra pay
- shift differentials
- Bonus
- sign-on bonuses
Benefits
- Benefitshealth insurance
- Benefitsretirement plans
- Benefitstuition assistance
- Benefitspaid time off
- Benefitsstructured nurse career ladderSupports career advancement through a structured nurse career ladder fostering professional growth and leadership.
The role and schedule
- Patients
- high-acuity patient population Supports a high-acuity patient population with a 4/5:1 nurse-to-patient ratio.
- Day to day
- conducts assessments Responsibilities: Conducts assessments, develops and implements individualized care plans, educates patients and families, and promotes patient safety and quality care.
- Day to day
- develops and implements individualized care plans
- Day to day
- educates patients and families
- Day to day
- promotes patient safety and quality care
- Day to day
- collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive treatment Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team including physicians, social workers, and therapists to ensure comprehensive treatment.
- Day to day
- evaluates physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs Uses critical nursing skills to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, respecting patient preferences and cultural considerations.
- Day to day
- maintains communication across care continuum Maintains communication across care continuum and participates in professional development activities.
- Day to day
- participates in professional development activities
- Unit size
- 26-bed acute care unit Unit Details: Manages a 26-bed acute care unit with a focus on medical-surgical patients, including occasional trach care.
Support on this unit
- Nurse to patient
- 1:5 stated in this posting
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are floating and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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Role: Provides direct patient care in an acute care setting as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Responsibilities
Conducts assessments, develops and implements individualized care plans, educates patients and families, and promotes patient safety and quality care. Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team including physicians, social workers, and therapists to ensure comprehensive treatment. Uses critical nursing skills to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, respecting patient preferences and cultural considerations. Maintains communication across care continuum and participates in professional development activities.
Unit Details: Manages a 26-bed acute care unit with a focus on medical-surgical patients, including occasional trach care. Supports a high-acuity patient population with a 4/5:1 nurse-to-patient ratio.
Qualifications
Requires a Nursing Diploma/Associate's degree and RN licensure. Preferred candidates hold a Bachelor's degree with less than 2 years of experience.
Skills & Attributes: Critical thinking, patient-centered focus, ability to work in a safety-sensitive environment, and effective communication.
Additional Info: Offers competitive pay
- shift differentials, sign-on bonuses, and comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, tuition assistance, and paid time off. Supports career advancement through a structured nurse career ladder fostering professional growth and leadership.
What's around it?
Valley Park, MO
Living costs about 9% below the US average