ER

Emergency Room
- Clinical Nurse (Evenings)

O'Fallon Missouri Nursing Services Nights Full-Time

Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience.

Emergency Department Full time Position 3 - 12 Hour Shifts Evenings Benefits Eligible 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.

Overview Opened in 2007 Progress West Hospital is BJC Health Cares newest hospital in St. Charles County featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Childrens Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care. Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services endoscopy services a cardiac catheterization lab medical/surgical inpatient services diagnostic imaging lab services and the Advanced Wound Center a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment.

Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks. Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospitals medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care cardiology obstetrics pediatrics and orthopedics.

The emergency department at Progress West features 13 rooms 2 of which are dedicated to pediatric patients. This department along with all departments within the hospital supports the guiding principles of the hospital in providing care that is customized and reflects the patient's needs values and choices.

Role Purpose 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 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.

Education Nursing Diploma/Associate's
- Nursing Experience No Experience Supervisor Experience No Experience Licenses & Certifications RN Preferred Requirements Education Bachelor's Degree
- Nursing Experience 2 years