Nurse Charge/Team Lead NICU Days

Company: Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

Additional Job Information

• 36 Hours per Week -
• Sign-On Bonus Eligible -
• Days -
  Job ID:
  Employment Status: Full-Time
  
  More Information
  
  Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer care, and women's and infants' services. The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St. Louis Children's Hospital.
  
  In 2016, Missouri Baptist was named a Magnet-- hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The prestigious designation is the highest credential a healthcare organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care. Missouri Baptist is the first hospital in St. Louis County to achieve this recognition, which has been accomplished by less than 7 percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area.
  
  Missouri Baptist Medical Center is a member of BJC HealthCare, one of the nation's largest nonprofit healthcare organizations.
  
  Newly remodeled with the capacity for 25 neonates, the designated Level IIIA NICU, Missouri Baptist Medical Center is prepared to handle premature babies, high-risk newborns and multiple births with a staff of superior neonatologists from Washington University and St. Louis Children--s Hospital.
  
  Overview
  
  Role Purpose
  
  Under the direction of manager, plans, directs, and coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift. Performs direct patient care as needed and functions as clinical resource to nursing and support staff. Assesses, plans, evaluates and documents the nursing process of assigned unit as needed.
  
  Responsibilities
  
  • Participates in professional development and life long learning.
  • Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration.
  • Develops and implements individual plans of care in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
  • Provides unit leadership for defined period of time using critical thinking assessment and evaluation skills.
  • Evaluate patients response and modifies plan of care accordingly throughout the patients' stay.
  • 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
    
    Degree
    
    • Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing
      
      Experience
      
      • 2-5 years
        Supervisor Experience
        
        • No Experience
          Licenses & Certifications
          
          • RN
            Preferred Requirements And Additional Job Information
            
            Degree
            
            • Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
              
              Benefits Statement
              
              Note: not all benefits apply to all openings
              
              • Comprehensive medical, dental, life insurance, and disability plan options
              • Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan
              • 401(k) plan
              • Tuition Assistance
              • Health Care and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
              • On-Site Fitness Center (depending on location)
              • Paid Time Off Program for vacation, holiday and sick time
              • Pension does not apply to Memorial Hospital, Memorial Hospital East, Alton Memorial or Parkland Health Center
                Legal Statement
                
                The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
                
                Equal Opportunity Employer

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