RN-CVOR - Transplant Team

Position: RN-CVOR - Transplant Team - Full Time - Days

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital 1201 Grand

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

• Ask your Talent Partner or Nurse Influencer for sign on bonus eligibility.

• Schedule Options: Full Time available

  Schedule Time Options: 10-hour shifts

  Benefits :
  Competitive, affordable health insurance including but not limited to:

• Getting paid every day!
• Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year
• Paid maternity & paternity coverage
• Adoption assistance
• Various competitive health insurance options & wellness plans
• Retirement benefits including employer matching plans
• Long & short-term disability
• Employee assistance programs (EAP)

• * Please note, benefits and eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply.

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Job Summary:

Uses the nursing process in care delivery and provides nursing leadership for other patient care personnel. Circulates independently on complex cases to include cardiovascular and thoracic cases.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides care for the perioperative patient by completing a comprehensive preoperative assessment, planning, and implementing individualized nursing interventions and evaluating the effectiveness of care and modifying interventions as needed.
• Prioritizes multiple complex patient and physician needs to delegate and coordinate the care provided by the surgical team to maximize patient outcomes.
• Coordinates patient care assignments to personnel supervised, considering staff competencies, patient population, equipment used, patient condition, environmental factors, infection control, safety factors, and availability of direct/indirect supervision.
• Communicates with patients, staff and physicians to anticipate needs and develop and implement actions to be taken in response to complaints related to patient care processes.
• Maintains and enhances professional clinical skills by seeking out learning situations and remaining knowledgeable of current advances in cardiovascular, thoracic and multiple surgical specialty nursing techniques and technologies.
• Serves as a consultant to personnel in area(s) of nursing expertise. Teaches and mentors other less-experienced nurses and technicians.
• Demonstrates advanced clinical judgment as evidenced by knowledge of complex nursing interventions required in cardiovascular and thoracic and multiple surgical specialty areas.
• Initiates actions that work to improve processes within the department.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's scope of service.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• Two years’ advanced surgical experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of

Work Location:

Illinois

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

State of

Work Location:

Missouri

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State

State of

Work Location:

Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)

State of

Work Location:

Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

Surgery

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

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