Lead Registered Nurse (RN) - Gastroenterology - $31-51 per hour

Company: BJC HealthCare
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: March 6, 2025

Job Description:

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Gastroenterology Lead for a nursing job in Saint Louis, Missouri. Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Gastroenterology
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff At Vivian Health, candidates with updated profiles have the best success. Make sure yours is complete so recruiters can match you to the perfect job! Additional Information About the Role
  • Great Opportunity to grow leadership skills
  • Sign On Bonus Eligible!
  • Fast paced unit with lots of hands on experience Additional Preferred Requirements
    • 1 Year of nursing experience
      Overview
      
      Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state! The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as "high performing" in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition. Northwest HealthCare , six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services. 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 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
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • 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. Minimum Requirements Education
        • Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing Experience
          • 2-5 years Supervisor Experience
            • No Experience Licenses & Certifications
              • RN Preferred Requirements Education
                • Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
                  Benefits and Legal Statement
                  
                  BJC Total Rewards At BJC we're committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
                  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
                  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
                  • Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC
                  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
                  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
                  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
                  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
                  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
                  • Adoption assistance To learn more, go to *Not all benefits apply to all jobs 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 BJC HealthCare Job ID #83655. Posted job title: Team Lead/Charge - Renal Telemetry (Days) About BJC HealthCare BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice. BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

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