Clinical Nurse - Heart & Vascular Units

Additional Information About the Role

Multiple RN opportunites within Heart and Vascular available!

• Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus
• $5/hr Barnes-Jewish Hospital Med/Surg Nurse Differential for High-Risk Cardiology and the PCU's below

• Eligible hires will receive a one-time deposit of an additional 36 hours of PTO, 90 days after their start date

• Flexible Scheduling

• Great medical benefits

• Tuition assistance and continuing education

• 401(k)

BSN and ADN candidates welcome to apply.

• High-Risk Cardiology
  • High acuity telemetry units

  • Patients are admitted from ED, CCU, admitting, procedure areas and other hospital units, and from outside hospitals. Most of our patient population is those diagnosed with myocardial infarction requiring cardiac catheterization, congestive heart failure, heart arrhythmias, and pulmonary hypertension.

• Cardiac PCU

  • Most patients are diagnosed with congestive heart failure, heart arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, and other life‑threatening conditions. With this known diagnosis many may require cardiac catheterization and stent placement. As a leader in advanced therapies for heart failure, we offer care to pre‑ and post‑ heart transplant and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) patients. This unit specifically cares for readmitted LVADs and manage complex issues like pump clots, stroke, and manage medications.

• Vascular Surgery PCU

  • Our nursing staff provides pre/post‑operative care to the wide variety of interventions needed for peripheral vascular disease patients. Surgical services include endoluminal and open repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, thoracic outlet decompression, carotid artery angioplasty/stenting, carotid endarterectomies, dialysis access (fistulas/grafts), catheter‑directed thrombolysis, and various bypasses and stents for aorto‑iliac and upper/lower extremity occlusive disease.

• Cardiothoracic PCU

  • Post Thoracic Surgery patients ranging from lung transplants, lung surgeries, and esophagectomy. In addition, we care for the Cardiothoracic population after they stabilize from the ICU. We will take care of Pre/Post CABG, Valve Repairs, Heart transplants, and other surgical procedures.

• Cardiac Surgery PCU
  • We provide post‑operative care to cardiac surgery patients. Our most frequent procedures are CABG (coronary artery bypass graft), Cardiac Valve Repair/Replacement, LVAD (left ventricular device implantation), Aortic repairs, and MAZE.
• Cardiac ICU

  • Patients with MIs, cardiomyopathies and a variety of irregular rhythms, including life‑threatening v‑fib and v‑tach, device designated floor LVAD, IMPELLA, intra‑aortic balloon pump, Non post operative side, pre surgical heart intervention patients.

• Cardiothoracic ICU

  • Patients are CTICU, had surgery from their esophagus to diaphragm, open heart surgery, cabbages, valve replacements, active heart failure program (heart is failing and only thing to do for is to add devices) ventricular assist device. Surgical Post Operative area, patients under cardiac umbrella, heart transplants. Under thoracic procedures, lung transplants and lung surgeries. Vascular patient population, specific to vascular procedures with the aorta.
    
    CT patient population and Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular.

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.

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

• No Experience

• No Experience

• RN

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing