Acute Care Medicine Clinical Nurse - FT DAYS
Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is a trauma center.
- Shift and hours
- Days Acute Care Medicine Clinical Nurse - FT DAYS
- Unit and setting
- Unit 5300 Acute Care Medicine · Hospital
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent Acute Care Medicine Clinical Nurse - FT DAYSFull time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- Education
- Nursing Diploma or Associate's Degree in Nursing Nursing Diploma/Associate's Nursing
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Bachelor's Degree Nursing
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What it pays
- Pay differential
- Shift Differentials Shift Differentials
- Tuition assistance
- Tuition Asssitance - Effective day-one employment
- Bonus
- Sign-on bonus eligible Sign-On Bonus Eligible
- Eligibility
- Effective first of month following start date Comprehensive Benefits - Effective first of month following start date
- Eligibility
- Tuition assistance effective day one Tuition Asssitance - Effective day-one employment
- Extra pay
- Shift differentials available
- Pay reviews
- Percentage increase in current pay for moves to higher career ladder levels Moves to higher ladder levels will result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.Moves to higher ladder levels
Benefits
- Benefits401(k) with match401k with match
- BenefitsTuition assistance available on first dayTuition Assistance available on first day
- BenefitsComprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire dateComprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
- BenefitsDisability insurance paid for by BJCDisability insurance* paid for by BJC
- BenefitsAnnual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement ContributionAnnual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
- BenefitsBJC Institute for Learning and DevelopmentBJC Institute for Learning and Development
More benefits (9)
- BenefitsHealth Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending AccountsHealth Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- BenefitsPaid Time Off combining vacation, sick days, holidays and personal timePaid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
- BenefitsAdoption assistanceAdoption assistance
- BenefitsBJC RN Career Ladder
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Tuition Asssitance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO
The role and schedule
- Patients
- acute care medicine patients with blood dyscrasias, endocrine pathology, heart/renal failure, GI conditions, and infectious diseases
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Care model
- multidisciplinary team working with clinical manager, charge nurse, APN, case manager, social worker, PT, dietitian, and pharmacist This multidisciplinary team works in conjunction with the physicians, nurses and patient care technicians to provide quality patient care.
- Day to day
- promote patient and family centered care and educate on managing illness or injury
- Day to day
- participate in patient safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and professional development
- Day to day
- develop, implement, and document individualized plans of care across continuum
- Day to day
- assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs and patient preferences
- Details
- Safety-sensitive position requiring constant state of alertness
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range?
- 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?
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Unit Description
Additional Information About the Role
Unit 5300 Acute Care Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (South Campus) 25-Bed Unit
Benefits Include
- Sign-On Bonus Eligible
- Comprehensive Benefits - Effective first of month following start date
- 401k with match
- Tuition Asssitance - Effective day-one employment
- Shift Differentials
Career Ladder
The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area. This is a tool to empower 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.
Overview
Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U. S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Nurses in Acute Care Medicine manage patients with a full range of clinical issues-from significant blood dyscrasias, advanced endocrine pathology, heart and renal failure, GI conditions, infectious diseases, asthma and a multitude of other conditions and diseases. Because of our patient acuity, we provide advanced training to bring new nurses to the highest level of functioning. Each unit is lead by a clinical manager and lead charge nurse.
The unit is supported by an advanced practice nurse. Additionally each unit is assigned a case manager, social worker, physical therapist, dietitian, and pharmacist. This multidisciplinary team works in conjunction with the physicians, nurses and patient care technicians to provide quality patient care.
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
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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.
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
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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
What's around it?
St. Louis, MO
Living costs about 9% below the US average