Team Lead​/Charge Nurse - Acute Care Medicine - Nights

Additional Information About the Role

The BJC RN 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.

Position Highlights

* Excellent career growth opportunity!
* $10,000 Sign-On Bonus Eligible
* * Additional $5.00 Med/Surg Shift Differential

* 12 hour Night Shifts 7:00 pm to 7:00am

* Weekend, Holiday Requirement

* No Call

* 2 years of RN work experience needed

* Benefits eligible first day of month after start

* 401k with Match/Pension

Team Lead Charge will assist in unit level operations for the 24-bed acute general medicine. They will help facilitate throughput on the unit level by assisting bedside staff with expediting discharges and admission throughout the shift as well as participating in interdisciplinary rounds. The Team Lead Charge nurses assists bedside staff with clinical tasks throughout the day to support patient safety and timeliness of care.

They will work directly with the staffing office throughout the shift to facilitate appropriate staffing on the floor as well as create assignments for the oncoming shift. TLC's preform in the moment audits to ensure documentation and appropriate care is being preformed to promote patient safety and quality of care.

Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Acute Care Medicine manage patients with a full range of clinical issues-from significant blood dyscrasias, advanced endocrine pathology, heart and renal failure, GI conditions, infectious diseases, asthma, cystic fibrosis
¿ and a multitude of other conditions and diseases.
¿ Because of our patient acuity, we provide advanced training to bring new nurses to the highest level of functioning.
¿ Each unit is lead by a clinical manager and lead charge nurse.
¿ The unit is supported by an advanced practice nurse.
¿ Additionally each unit is assigned a case manager, social worker, physical therapist, dietitian, and pharmacist.
¿ This multidisciplinary team works in conjunction with the physicians, nurses and patient care technicians to provide quality patient care.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Under the direction of manager, plans, directs, and coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift. Performs direct patient care as needed and functions as clinical resource to nursing and support staff. Assesses, plans, evaluates and documents the nursing process of assigned unit as needed.

Responsibilities

Facilitates identification and resolution of gaps in care from hospitalization, at discharge, and into the ambulatory care setting. Critically assess patient data to proactively mitigate impending changes in condition and establishes consults to interprofessional team as appropriate.

Leads the development and implementation of complex individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and the patient, family, or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Plan of care reflects application of expert holistic clinical knowledge and skill to anticipate and prioritize complex care needs, anticipate barriers, incorporating interprofessional team and caregiver/family input, and identifies opportunities to improve patient outcomes.

Actively utilizes and champions scientific inquiry for evidence-based practices (e.g., participates in journal club, facilitates practice change based on new knowledge, recommends new standards of care or revisions to current standards, conduct a literature search to support unit or organizational goals, disseminate new knowledge obtained from relevant conference or continuing education). Explore opportunities to advance nursing practice (e.g., support a community service health event as a representative of the healthcare profession, patient/family education group, community advisory board, member of Ethics Advisory Committee, serve as adjunct faculty, leadership board in specialty…