Nephrology/Telemetry Charge Nurse
Company: BJC HealthCare
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: March 18, 2023
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Job Description:
Additional Information About the Role
Overview
Christian Hospital is a full-service acute care community hospital
located on 28 acres in north St. Louis County. Christian Hospital
is noted for its excellence in heart services and lifesaving
cardiothoracic surgery, emergency medicine, breast health services,
orthopedic/spine surgery, hyperbaric wound care, pain management,
vascular surgery, endocrinology, gastrointestinal care, stroke
care, nephrology, therapy, radiology, urology, pulmonary care and
treating sleep disorders.
Northwest HealthCare, located six miles west of Christian Hospital,
provides the community 24-hour emergency care, with Washington
University Physicians and St. Louis Children's Hospital providing
pediatric services. Northwest HealthCare is also home to the Sleep
Disorders Center and a variety of full-service outpatient
diagnostic and imaging services in a convenient setting.
The 8th floor is a 44 bed Renal/Telemetry unit with 24
sem8i-private rooms and 1 private room with an adjacent dialysis
suite where dialysis treatments are performed under a contractual
agreement. The dialysis suite can accommodate 6 patients at any
given time. There are 2 negative air-flow rooms on the unit. Any
semi-private room can be made private for isolation purposes or to
accommodate patient request. Patients admitted to the 8th floor are
acutely ill with medical problems whose primary reason for
admission include but are not limited to Renal Failure, CHF,
Pneumonia, COPD, Sepsis, Dehydration, Diabetes Mellitus, MI,
Angioplasty, S/P Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiac Arrhythmias,
Direct Admits along with Post-op surgical patients.
Preferred Qualifications
Role PurposeUnder 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
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Keywords: BJC HealthCare, St. Louis , Nephrology/Telemetry Charge Nurse, Healthcare , Saint Louis, Missouri
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