Registered Nurse - Med Surg 6N Bordley - Nights

Job Summary The Registered Nurse is a professional practitioner who assesses, manages, directs, and provides nursing care activities during the patient’s hospital stay and coordinates planning with other disciplines utilizing a patient/customer driven approach. Responsibilities Performs comprehensive nursing assessment and reassessment, including age‑appropriate admission or transfer assessment, accurate documentation, and assessment of post‑op/post‑invasive patients. Establishes, coordinates, and evaluates a plan of care based on assessment data, diagnoses, lab results, physician orders, protocols, and standards of care. Identifies short‑ and long‑term goals based on patient needs. Formulates nursing interventions to achieve desired outcomes. Incorporates disease‑specific evidence‑based practice into care plans. Provides and documents nursing interventions based on the assessed needs, plan of care, and changes in patient status. Collaborates with team members for daily care planning. Performs medication administration and documentation. Manages IV fluids and parenteral nutrition. Completes referrals and requests consultations as needed. Provides patient and family education and discharge planning. Clarifies and implements physician orders; performs handoff communication. Documents and communicates nursing care and patient condition changes. Evaluates effectiveness of care, medications, and education. Notifies physicians of significant changes or deviations from plan. Identifies problems, gathers data, and collaborates on solutions. Provides specialized care to high‑risk patients. Restraint care: initiates alternatives, applies restraints, monitors response, provides required care, and documents usage. Pain management: assesses pain, incorporates cultural beliefs, implements techniques, and includes family in planning. Abuse assessment: recognizes signs, reports to appropriate personnel, and takes supportive action. Demonstrates accountability for professional practice, including compliance with standards, participating in learning, maintaining currency, attending meetings, and contributing to shared governance. Adapts to changes in workload and job demands, maintains professional relationships, and supervises or teaches new staff as appropriate. Follows safety and infection control policies, practices standard precautions, maintains a safe environment, and documents risk management concerns. Provides service excellence to patients and families, ensuring courtesy, effective communication, and collaboration, while using resources efficiently. Incorporates performance improvement and evidence‑based practice into unit activities and adheres to quality indicators. Acts responsibly as a member of the nursing staff, upholding the hospital’s principles and commitments. Job Specifications Minimum Education: Licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Missouri. Working Conditions: Exposure to blood‑borne diseases, unpredictable situations, emergencies, and irregular hours. Physical Requirements: Occasional standing, walking, lifting, pushing, transferring patients, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching. Work Shift Night Shift: 7 pm – 7 am. Benefits Health insurance (effective 31 days from hire). Wellness programs. Retirement savings program. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. PTO accrual from day one. Employee assistance programs. Licensing and Certification Requirements Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP). Registered Nurse (RN) licensed in Missouri or issued by a Compact State. Annual mandatory requirements include maintaining current license and certifications, BLS/HI updates, TB screening, influenza vaccination, ethics training, safety training, information security training, abuse & neglect course, blood‑borne pathogens training, and other competency courses as applicable. Equal Opportunity Employer SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or veteran status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Dormont Manufacturing Co