RN-(F

Overview

It s more than a career, it s a calling. MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – Lake Saint Louis. Worker Type:
Regular.

Registered Nurse – Float (Multiple Levels of Care) at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – Lake Saint Louis.

Float across three levels of care — typically Med-Surg, Telemetry, and Stepdown. Candidates with a skill mix including ER, ICU, Medical, Stepdown, or Med-Surg are preferred as you would float to three levels.

• Shift options: 7:00 AM start (days); 7:00 PM start (nights)
• Weekend rotation:
  Part-time — Three 12-hour weekend shifts every 4 weeks
• Scheduling:
  Weekends are self-scheduled
• On-call:
  None

• One year RN experience required for Ministry Float or two years RN experience required for Regional Float

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

• Use standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family, and significant others by evaluating nursing practice.
• Establish effective relationships and advocate for the patient, family, and significant others to facilitate the care plan.
• Use the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of care, collect assessment data, determine diagnoses, identify outcomes, plan interventions, and evaluate outcomes.
• Develop assessment and management strategies considering physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of health.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of illness on the patient s status.
• Utilize leadership by coordinating with patient, family, significant others, communities, and interprofessional team to assess needs, set goals, plan interventions, provide care, and evaluate outcomes.
• Utilize effective communication with the patient, family, and other health care providers to support collaborative decision making that is culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane within available resources.
• Educate the patient, family, and significant others about measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote comfort.
• Foster a healthy work environment by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others.
• Apply evidence-based practice to medical-surgical nursing practice, ensuring care is delivered based on patient age-specific and clinical needs as described in the department s Scope of Service.
• Work in a constant state of alertness and safety.
• May perform point-of-care testing according to policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

• One year RN experience (Ministry Float) or two years RN experience (Regional Float)

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication
• Constant standing and walking
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for near and far distances
• Frequent use of smell to detect odors
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication and alarms
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and repetitive movements
• Occasional driving
• Rare crawling and running

• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Illinois
• BLS Healthcare Provider (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois (IDFPR)

• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Missouri
• BLS Healthcare Provider (AHA)
• RN – Missouri (Division of Professional Registration) or RN issued by Compact State

• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Oklahoma
• BLS Healthcare Provider (AHA)
• RN issued by Compact State or RN – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)

• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Wisconsin
• BLS Healthcare Provider (AHA)
• RN issued by Compact State or Wisconsin DSPS

Work Shift:

Variable Shift. Job Type: Employee. Department:  Nursing Float. Scheduled weekly hours: 24.

SSM Health offers a comprehensive benefits package. Examples include:

• Paid Parental Leave: one week, pro-rated based on FTE
• Flexible Payment Options:
  Daily Pay for earned pay (fees may apply)
• Upfront Tuition Coverage:
  Flex Path Funded for eligible team members

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, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.