Registered Nurse - Charge Nurse

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

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

• Worker Type: Regular
• Job Type: Employee
• Department: Stress Lab (Cardiology –  Cardiology)
• Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)
• Schedule: Fulltime 7a-3:30pm, Days, No Weekends, No Holidays, No Cal
• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  40

• Getting paid every day!
• Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year
• Paid maternity & paternity coverage
• Adoption assistance
• Various competitive health insurance options & wellness plans
• Retirement benefits including employer matching plans
• Long & short-term disability
• Employee assistance programs (EAP)
• Paid Parental Leave: one week for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE)
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit offered through Daily Pay offers instant access to earned unpaid base pay before payday
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members

Provides leadership and coordination of unit staffing while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care.

• Assigns, directs, educates and monitors nursing and support staff during assigned shift. Contributes to or performs performance evaluations of staff.
• Assesses daily patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given.
• Collaborates with advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of patient care and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes.
• Responds to complaints about patient care and manages through established channels.
• May provide input for hiring, training, directing, developing and evaluating staff.
• 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

• One year of registered nurse experience

• 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.

• Illinois: BLS HCP – American Heart Association (AHA); RN – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Missouri: BLS HCP – American Heart Association (AHA); RN – Missouri Division of Professional Registration or RN issued by Compact State
• Oklahoma: BLS HCP – American Heart Association (AHA); RN issued by Compact State or RN – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
• Wisconsin: BLS HCP – American Heart Association (AHA); RN issued by Compact State or RN – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Sign on bonus available for eligible external candidates. Sign on bonuses are for external qualified candidates. Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.