General Medicine Clinical Nurse
Memorial Hospital Belleville and Memorial Hospital Shiloh is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Aug 29 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Days
- Unit and setting
- General Medicine (2 Center) · 29 beds · Hospital 2 Center is a 29-bed unit providing nursing care for oncology and medical-surgical patients, including administering inpatient chemotherapy.
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- Education
- Nursing Diploma/Associate's
- Experience
- No Experience
- Experience
- Supervisor Experience
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree Preferred Requirements: Bachelor's Degree
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- Role Purpose Preferred Qualifications: Role Purpose
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- Benefits and Legal Statement Preferred Requirements: Benefits and Legal Statement
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- BJC Total Rewards Preferred Requirements: BJC Total Rewards
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- At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
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- Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date Preferred Requirements: Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
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- Disability insurance* paid for by BJC Preferred Requirements: Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
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- Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution Preferred Requirements: Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
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- 401(k) plan with BJC match Preferred Requirements: 401(k) plan with BJC match
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- Tuition Assistance available on first day Preferred Requirements: Tuition Assistance available on first day
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- BJC Institute for Learning and Development Preferred Requirements: BJC Institute for Learning and Development
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- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Preferred Requirements: Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
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- Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time Preferred Requirements: Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
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- Adoption assistance Preferred Requirements: Adoption assistance
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- To Learn More, Go To Our Benefits Summary. Preferred Requirements: To Learn More, Go To Our Benefits Summary.
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- Not all benefits apply to all jobs Preferred Requirements: Not all benefits apply to all jobs
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- The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer
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Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
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Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
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What it pays
- Pay differential
- BSN Differential BSN Differential
- Pay differential
- Shift Differential Shift Differential
- Sign-on bonus
- $7,500
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- legal services
- Disability insurance
More benefits (6)
- Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
- 401(k) plan with BJC match
- Tuition Assistance
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time Off
- Adoption assistance
The role and schedule
- Patients
- 2 Center is a 29-bed unit providing nursing care for oncology and medical-surgical patients, including administering inpatient chemotherapy. 2 Center is a 29-bed unit providing nursing care for oncology and medical-surgical patients, including administering inpatient chemotherapy.
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- rn_hours_per_patient_day
- 4.73 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 4.73 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day
- 7.76 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 7.76 hoursMedical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- contract_rn_hours_share
- 24.89 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 24.89 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- employed_rn_hours_share
- 75.11 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Medical-Surgical) 2025: 75.11 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- rn_turnover_rate
- 31 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2025: 31.00 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- rn_vacancy_rate
- 33.3 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Medical-Surgical Unit 2026: 33.30 %Medical-Surgical unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- rn_hours_per_patient_day
- 15.74 hours_per_patient_day Total RN Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 15.74 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- total_nursing_hours_per_patient_day
- 15.88 hours_per_patient_day Total Nursing Hours per Patient Day (Critical Care) 2025: 15.88 hoursCritical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- contract_rn_hours_share
- 5.71 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Contractual RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 5.71 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- employed_rn_hours_share
- 94.29 percent Percentage of Nursing Hours Worked by Hospital Employed RNs (Critical Care) 2025: 94.29 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- rn_turnover_rate
- 18.89 percent RN Turnover Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2025: 18.89 %Critical Care unit, 2025, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
- rn_vacancy_rate
- 9.2 percent RN Vacancy Rate in the Critical Care Unit 2026: 9.20 %Critical Care unit, 2026, Illinois Hospital Report Card (IDPH)
The workplace
You would work nights across both campuses, including a Special Float Pool that covers ICU, ED, and Medical Telemetry. People living here talk about older houses and housing that is pretty cheap compared with most U.S. cities, with overall cost…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- 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
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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Additional Information About The Role
Unit - General Medicine (2 Center) at Memorial Hospital in Belleville
- Time Type, Shift
- Up to $7,500 Sign-On Bonus
- Competitive Pay (See Career Ladder Information Below)
- BSN Differential
- Shift Differential
Benefits Eligible
BJC RN Career Ladder
The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area. This tool empowers nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression. The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education and service excellence and gives staff the opportunity to continue doing what they do best - caring for patients - while having the opportunity to advance to the next step in their career. Moves to higher ladder levels will result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.
Additional Preferred Requirements
BSN Degree Med Surg Experience
Overview
Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.
2 Center is a 29-bed unit providing nursing care for oncology and medical-surgical patients, including administering inpatient chemotherapy.
Preferred Qualifications
Role Purpose
Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.
Responsibilities
Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment. Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration. Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
Participates in professional development. Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs according to standards of care. Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs. BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position.
The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.
Minimum Requirements
Education
Nursing Diploma/Associate's Nursing
Experience
No Experience
Supervisor Experience
No Experience
Licenses & Certifications
RN
Preferred Requirements
Education
Bachelor's Degree Nursing
Experience
Benefits and Legal Statement
BJC Total Rewards
At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date Disability insurance* paid for by BJC Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution 401(k) plan with BJC match Tuition Assistance available on first day BJC Institute for Learning and Development Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time Adoption assistance
To Learn More, Go To Our Benefits Summary.
Not all benefits apply to all jobs
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer
What's around it?
Belleville, IL
Living costs about the same as the US average