CVU Clinical Nurse

Overview

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, placing it in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state. It is nationally ranked as “high performing” in geriatrics and several key procedures such as heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia, and stroke.

Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and their families on illness and injury management, including post‑treatment home care and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Engages in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team, patient, family or caregiver.
• 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.
• Assesses patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population‑specific needs.
• Maintains a constant state of alertness and works safely in a safety‑sensitive position.

• Education:
  
  Nursing Diploma/Associate’s – Nursing
• Experience:
  
  No experience required
• Supervisor
  
  Experience:
  
  No experience required
• Licenses &
  
  Certifications:
  
  RN

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree – Nursing
• Experience:
  
  ICU or critical care experience preferred

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 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

BJC is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and inclusion. Applicants are evaluated solely on the basis of qualifications and experience.