BJC HealthCare·Des Peres, Missouri
Provides direct patient care including assessment, diagnosis, and implementation of care plans within a clinical setting. Educates patients and families on illness management, post-treatment care, and medication administration while ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance.
Additional Information: About the Role
3 12-Hour Shifts Days or Nights Benefits Package 32 bed unit - elective surgeries (joints, knee, hip, spine, back) BJC 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.
Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St.
Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services.
The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St.
Louis Children’s Hospital.
Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St.
Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care.
This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide.
Additionally, U.S.
News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St.
Louis metro area.
Orthopedic/Neuro Spine and Acute Rehabilitation at Missouri Baptist offers a 34-bed unit for patients undergoing joint replacements, back surgeries and other orthopedic procedures with.
Included in this nursing area is a 10-bed Rehabilitation Unit which provides services between acute and long-term care.
The patient care team researches patient lifestyle, function and mobility, and customizes care plans to return patients to their home setting.
Role Purpose Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.
Benefits: and Legal Statement
Requires a Nursing Diploma or Associate's degree in Nursing and an active RN license. No prior experience is required, though a Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred.
Market context
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