Pre / Post GI Lab Clinical Nurse

Additional Information About the Role

The Missouri Baptist Digestive Disease Center diagnoses and treats a comprehensive range of gastrointestinal conditions including :

Various GI Cancer

Liver and Pancreatic Diseases

Difficulty Swallowing and Chronic Heartburn

Stomach and Small Bowel Disorders

Some of the nation's most respected gastrointestinal (GI) specialists call the Digestive Disease Center at MBMC home. At Missouri Baptist you will find highly qualified board-certified physicians using state-of-the-art equipment. In addition, we provide a comfortable environment with a caring, compassionate staff of nurses and technologists, working together.

Additional Preferred Requirements

GI Lab, Pre / Post Op - Procedural experience preferred

2-8 hour shifts and 2-10 hour shifts, vary start time - Schedule 4 week rotating pattern - 8 hours Saturday every 4th week and then 2 later shifts

45 minute call time

Overview

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services. The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care. This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area.

The Digestive Disease Center offers a full range of diagnostic and interventional endoscopy services for inpatients and outpatients with gastrointestinal or pulmonary disease. The Center includes six holding beds, nine endoscopy treatment rooms and 16 recovery beds.

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

Supervisor Experience

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred Requirements

Education

Experience

Benefits and Legal Statement

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The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer