EAcute Virtual Care Registered Nurse - Part Time Day Shift

Facility:
Cox Health South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1651 Virtual Care Command Center

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

24

Hours:

6:30 AM - 7:00 PM

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Cox Health is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics.

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)

This position will be located in our Virtual Care Command Center located at Cox South Hospital Expand your healthcare knowledge and experience while maintaining your skills at the bedside. Consider joining our team in a hybrid position in a cross training role which includes both bedside nursing shifts and an opportunity to grow new skills as a virtual nurse.

Our Virtual Nursing Command Center is full of advanced technology that gives our patients an extra level of monitoring from admission to discharge. Our virtual nurses are centrally located in the Virtual Command Center at Cox South. They use this technology to support our bedside RNs with tasks to make lighten their workload as well as monitor patient’s vital signs, assist with admissions and discharges, and collaborate with our virtual physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and Early Intervention Team!

• $1.00 Certification pay
• $1.00 BSN pay
• Career Ladder Bonus eligible up to $5,000

The eAcute Virtual Med-Surg nurse is a pivotal member of the healthcare team to assist with managing the care of the adult or geriatric patient experiencing general medical conditions or general surgical procedures. The virtual nurse will assist with tasks such completing the admission and discharge process, care plan development and maintenance, patient education, medication and discharge teaching, care coordination, mentoring of new nurses, and implementation of evidence-based care.

The virtual eAcute nurse assists the primary bedside nurse with nursing tasks not required to be done in person as well as real-time quality and patient safety surveillance. The eAcute Virtual Med-Surg nurse maintains a wide array of medical care knowledge in order to care for a diverse group of patients.

• Required:
  
  Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

• Required:
  
  Minimum of two years previous nursing experience on inpatient nursing unit
• Preferred:
  Charge nurse or preceptor experience and specialty nursing certification

• Accountable and responsible for own safe clinical practice
• Basic computer skills and knowledge
• Excellent customer service skills
• Thrives in rapidly changing environment
• Self‑motivated
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate effective leadership abilities
• Exhibits valuable time management skills
• Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills.
• Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment.

• Required:
  
  RN license active in the state of Missouri

Cox Health is the region’s employer of choice because we keep our mission, vision, and values in mind with every decision for our employees and our patients.

To improve the health of the communities we serve.

To be the best for those who need us.

Safety, compassion, respect, and integrity.

Cox Health is the area leader in health care and community involvement, with six hospitals, more than 80 clinics, five ERs and more than 14,000 employees throughout southwest Missouri. We offer a wide range of treatments and services to help with whatever health needs you might have. Whether you're about to become a parent, have an illness or need medical information, we’re here for you.

And if your goal is to live a healthy, balanced life with the best tools available, we can help with that, too. We know that your health and the health of your loved ones are some of the most personal, important parts of your life. That's why we keep our Mission, Vision and Values at the center of everything we do, every day.