Clinical Nurse - Inpatient Surgery

Overview

St. Louis Children's Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. The hospital offers care in more than 50 specialty areas through physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers, and serves patients and families across a 300‑mile service area with patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. St. Louis Children's consistently ranks among America's Best Children's Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in all surveyed categories.

The hospital's academic partner is Washington University School of Medicine. Since 2005, St. Louis Children's has been designated as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

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 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.
• Assesses patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including 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
    - Nursing
  • Experience:
    
    No Experience
  • Supervisor
    
    Experience:
    
    No Experience
  • Licenses &
    
    Certifications:
    
    RN
• Preferred Requirements
  • Education:
    
    Bachelor's Degree
    - Nursing
  • Experience:
    
    Not specified

• Day/Night rotation OR straight Nights; 12‑hour shifts
• Holiday rotation
• Every 3rd weekend
• Benefits eligible
• Part-time; 24 hours per week
• Location:
  
  St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110

• 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 Registered Nurse 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.

• Benefits and legal statements apply as described in the BJC Total Rewards.
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• Equal Opportunity Employer