Clinical Nurse - Answer Line

Answer Line Overview

The Answer Line After Hours Service provides after-hours exchange and nurse triage services for over 300 subscribing community pediatricians in the St. Louis and surrounding areas. Answer Line RNs utilize triage guidelines, critical thinking skills, and physician preferences to determine the most appropriate plan of care for each patient. These services are provided Monday-Friday from 4:30pm - 8:00am and 24/7 on weekends.

Location

• Almost all staff work remote, though we do have office space at Commons, 5th floor (4249 Clayton Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110)
• Staff are expected to work their shift in the call center if experiencing connectivity issues at home

• Minimum 2-5 years of nursing experience in a variety of the following areas:
  Emergency Department, NICU, PICU, telephone triage, pediatric primary care office, or pediatric General Medicine
• Benefits eligible
• Part-time; three 8-hr shifts; 24 hours per week
• Monday - Friday
  • Evenings: 4:30pm-12:30am
  • Occassional night shifts (up to four for every 6-week schedule); 12am-8am
• Every other weekend (Saturday and Sunday); days; primarily 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm, but shifts may vary
• Holiday rotation
• Seasonal on-call requirement

BJC Nursing Career Ladder

• 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.

Additional Preferred Requirements

• At least 3 years of pediatric nursing experience
• Computer/typing skills

St. Louis Children's Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children's hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children's provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to "do what's right for kids."

Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children's commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen 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. In 2021, St. Louis Children's was one of eight children's hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital's academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States.

Since 2005, St. Louis Children's has been designated as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Role Purpose

Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

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