Clinical Nurse PACU

1 month ago


St Louis, Missouri, United States tapwage Full time
Additional Information About the Role

  • PACU South
  • Location
  • Barnes – Main Campus
  • Rand Johnson
  • Leadership
  • Gail Davis, Director of Pre/Post-Operative Services
  • Logan Justice, Patient Care Manager
  • Joel Butler, Assistant Nurse Manager
  • Christine Morton-Chesnut, Assistant Nurse Manager
  • Timothy Patrick, Assistant Nurse Manager
  • Nicole Bolzenius, Assistant Nurse Manager
  • Marissa Rettig, Assistant Nurse Manager


Janelle Holthaus
  • Educator
  • Team Details
  • 7 Total Team Members
  • 5 Registered Nurses
  • 0 Resource Nurse
  • 1 Patient Care Tech
  • Unit Information
Large Unit: 6 divisions across 2 floors, 86 beds

  • 80 – 100 cases per day
  • 2:1 patient nurse ratio at any given time (Pre/Post)
  • Critical Care patients – Neuro, Transplant, ???
  • Role Details
  • Pre-Op: 5:30a to 4:00p, 4*10s, M-F
  • Call: One weekend every 10 weeks
  • Holidays: 1 per year, rotate Winter/Spring
  • Weekends: n/a
  • Graduate Nurse Eligibility: Yes
  • Orientation: 3 months
  • The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area.
  • This is a tool to empower nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression.
  • The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education and service excellence and gives staff the opportunity to continue doing what they do best caring for patients while having the opportunity to advance to the next step in their career.
Moves to higher ladder levels will result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description

Overview


Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S.

News & World Report.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals.

Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.


At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, PACU nurses find the kind of fast-paced environment that will test their professional judgment and critical thinking skills, and encourage tremendous growth.

It's an exhilarating place to build a nursing career.

Here, you'll work with world-renowned surgeons and anesthesiologists assist on unique and complex procedures, work with the latest technologies and treatments and play a vital role in developing new procedures and treatment protocols.

In fact, people from all over the nation and the world come to Barnes-Jewish for our surgical specialties.

The team has the opportunity to provide traditional PACU care as well as care for critically ill ICU patients, participate in new initiatives (hybrid surgical care, regional anesthesia).

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose


Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

Responsibilities

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.

Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance. Participates in professional development.


Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.

Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.

Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs according to standards of care. Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.

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

No Experience

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree

  • Nursing
Experience


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