RN- Transplant - Full Time - Day Shift

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital 1201 Grand

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Sign-on Bonus: Please speak with your recruiter about sign on bonus eligibility!

Schedule Options: Full Time available

Schedule Time Options: 0600-1630

Benefits: Competitive, affordable health insurance including but not limited to:

• Getting paid every day!
• Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year
• Paid maternity & paternity coverage
• Adoption assistance
• Various competitive health insurance options & wellness plans
• Retirement benefits including employer matching plans
• Long & short-term disability
• Employee assistance programs (EAP)

*Please note, benefits and eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply.

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Job Summary:

Uses the nursing process in care delivery, providing care for transplant patients.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides care for the perioperative patient by completing a comprehensive preoperative assessment, planning, and implementing individualized nursing interventions and evaluating the effectiveness of care and modifying interventions as needed.

• Prioritizes multiple complex patients and physician needs to delegate and coordinate the care provided by the surgical team to maximize patient outcomes.

• Coordinates patient care assignments to personnel supervised, considering staff competencies, patient population, equipment used, patient condition, environmental factors, infection control, safety factors, and availability of direct/indirect supervision. 

• Communicates with patients, staff, and physicians to anticipate needs and develop and implement actions to be taken in response to complaints related to patient care processes.

• Maintains and enhances professional clinical skills by seeking out learning situations and remaining knowledgeable of current advances in transplant and multiple surgical specialty nursing techniques and technologies. 

• Serves as a consultant to personnel in the area(s) on nursing expertise.  Teaches and mentors other less-experienced nurses and technicians.

• Demonstrates advanced clinical judgement as evidenced by knowledge of complex nursing interventions required in transplant and multiple surgical specialty areas.

• Initiates actions that work to improve processes within the department.

• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient's age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department’s scope of service.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. 

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

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

EXPERIENCE

• One year advanced surgical experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• 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 distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 
 

State of Work Location: Missouri 

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