Registered Nurse - Infusion

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

Regular

Hours:

8am - 4:30pm

Join Our Team and Make a difference every day while enjoying competitive pay, great benefits, and a supportive work environment.

We offer competitive, affordable health insurance and benefits designed to support you and your family:

• Get paid every day!
• Paid maternity & paternity coverage
• Adoption assistance
• Multiple health insurance options & wellness plans
• Retirement benefits with employer matching
• Long & short-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Performs the primary functions of a registered nurse in assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of all assigned patients.

• Supports the care of the patient and assesses and addresses the needs of the patient/family.
• Works collaboratively with other interprofessional team members in resolving patient/family problems, concerns and issues.
• Collaborates with other departments as needed to establish the patient/family treatment plan.
• Individualizes, implements, evaluates or updates the plan of care and patient educational needs regarding vascular access.
• Possesses the ability to complete intravenous insertion and assessment to include peripheral and central line access.
• Utilizes equipment such as point of care ultrasound equipment and intravenous infusion pumps as appropriate.
• Demonstrates proper interpretation of department specific policies and related laboratory results to safely manage specific patient needs.
• Implements, monitors and records patient care and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Takes appropriate actions to unanticipated changes in patient condition.
• Utilizes the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to access treatment and therapy plans.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient's age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's scope of service.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

• No experience required

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN) - Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)
• Or Anticoagulation Therapy Management Certification - University of Southern Indiana College of Nursing and Health Professions
• Or Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider (CACP) - National Certification Board for Anticoagulation Providers (NCBAP)
• Or Certified Oncology Nurse (OCN) - Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)
• Or Certified Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurse (CPHON) - Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)
• Or Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse (CPON) - Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)
• Or Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI) -…