Clinical Nurse Operating Room

Additional Information About the Role

• Barnes Jewish Hospital – Main Campus
• OR Pod 5
• Option to work 10 or 12 hour shifts
• 630AM start time
• One 12-hour weekday call shift and one weekend shift per 6 week schedule
• 1 holiday per year
• Orientation 6-7 months
• 20 ORs
• Ortho, spine, neuro, ENT cases, spinal fusions, tumor resections, liver and kidney transplants
• Learn to circulate and scrub

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, Perioperative Services team members (RN and ST) 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 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. This team has the opportunity to work with surgeons deploying the latest technologies (intra‑operative MRI, laser surgery, monteris auto litt).

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

• 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.

• Education: Nursing Diploma or Associate's in Nursing
• Experience: No Experience
• Supervisor
  
  Experience:
  
  No Experience
• Licenses &
  
  Certifications:
  
  RN

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Experience: < 2 years

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

Benefits Summary.

* Not all benefits apply to all jobs

Equal Opportunity Employer