Clinical Nurse - Behavioral Assessment Response Team

Behavioral Assessment Response Team (BART) Role

The Behavioral Assessment Response Team (BART) is Children's Hospital assists in providing care for patients with complex behavioral health needs. The team floats throughout the hospital to provide education on escalation prevention, reviews and updates behavioral plans, establishes relationships, responds to CPI events, and much more!

Location:

St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 2 years of Behavioral Health RN experience
• Benefits eligible
• Full-time; 36 hours per week
• Days; three 12-hr shifts; 7am-7:30pm
• Weekend rotation
• Holiday rotation

Additional Preferred Requirements:

• Prior experience in pediatrics
• CPI trained

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

Role

Purpose:

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

Responsibilities:

• 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.

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's
  - Nursing

Experience:

• No Experience

Licenses &

Certifications:

• RN

Preferred Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree
  - Nursing

Experience: