Child Abuse Program Nurse SART

SANE Clinical Nurse

This PRN role will support our BJC SAFE Program. Must have completed SANE course & willing to travel between BJC entities. Experience with interpersonal violence preferred.

BJC Corporate Health Services comprises several organizations that share a dedication to creating and maintaining healthy workplaces. Serving hundreds of area employers as well as BJC HealthCare BJC Corporate Health Services specializes in improving worker health safety and productivity and reducing costs associated with work-related illness/injury and absenteeism.

A BJC Central Staffing Office nurse will be required to float to 12 BJC Healthcare Hospitals within their Medical Surgical and Telemetry Units. Provides direct patient care activities including assessment/evaluation diagnosis and plan implementation to the general nursing floor based on nursing expertise and certification/licensure. Provides a variety of experiences and the opportunity to expand nursing skills through caring for various patients with different conditions and treatment plans while building professional relationships across the BJC Healthcare system. Must be flexible adaptable and resourceful have a strong confidence in nursing practice and promote exceptional patient and family centered care.

Utilizes leadership skills by advocating coordinating and collaborating with the patient family significant others and members of the interprofessional team in assessing needs planning interventions providing care and evaluating outcomes. Uses effective leadership skills to foster a healthy work environment within the practice setting by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues students and others. Utilizes effective communication to participate with the patient family significant other(s) and other health care providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the understanding that care should be culturally sensitive ethical legal holistic informed compassionate and humane and within the boundaries of available economic resources. Educates the patient family and significant other(s) about measures that promote maintain and restore health or promote comfort. Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase the quality of care and quality of life for the patient family and significant other(s) to acutely ill patients in a highly technical and ongoing monitoring environment. These patients are facing life-threatening problems with varying needs which require extensive medication protocols and therapies. Demonstrates competency in evaluating intensive care patients administering care and recognizing complications by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate to facilitate the development of the care plan unique to the patients care needs. Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of care collect assessment data for each patient determine appropriate nursing diagnoses identify expected patient outcomes determine the plan of care implement interventions and evaluate patient outcomes. Develops assessment and management strategies based on a consideration of the physical functional cultural social economic developmental spiritual vocational and leisure dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health problems. Responsible for prioritizing medical and mental health care for various levels of acuity's. Quickly recognizes and effectively treat life threatening conditions while rapidly prioritizing and delivering appropriate care. Participates in activities that promote safety quality and regulatory compliance as well as professional development and lifelong learning.

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: 2 years
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience
• Licenses & Certifications: RN

Preferred Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
• Experience: 2-5 years

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 vision life insurance and legal services available first day of the month after hire date. Disability insurance* paid for by BJC. Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution. 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.

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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