Neuro Step Down (RN) (Full Time) (Days or Nights)

Additional Information

About the Role

Additional Information

Full Time $15,000 Sign on Bonus Three 12-hour shifts (Days or Nights) every 3rd weekend and every 3rd holiday Benefits begin the first of the month after start date.

Overview

• 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.
• Neuro is a 24 bed unit providing care to all types of neurological patients, such as stroke, seizure, and multiple sclerosis, as well as general medicine patients.

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