Clinical Nurse - All Heart & Vascular Units
Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- cardiac nurse
- vascular nursing
- clinical nurse
This role involves providing specialized nursing care in various heart and vascular units, including high-risk cardiology, cardiac ICU, and cardiothoracic surgery units. Nurses will perform patient assessment, care planning, education, and critical interventions for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions, including pre- and post-operative care. The position offers benefits such as sign-on bonuses, flexible scheduling, tuition assistance, and opportunities for professional development.
Multiple RN opportunites within Heart and Vascular available!
• Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus
• $5/hr Barnes-Jewish Hospital Med/Surg Nurse Differential for High-Risk Cardiology and the PCU's below
• Eligible hires will receive a one-time deposit of an additional 36 hours of PTO, 90 days after their start date
• Flexible Scheduling
• Great medical benefits
• Tuition assistance and continuing education
• 401(k)
BSN and ADN candidates welcome to apply.
- High-Risk Cardiology
- High acuity telemetry units
Patients are admitted from ED, CCU, admitting, procedure areas and other hospital units, and from outside hospitals. Most of our patient population is those diagnosed with myocardial infarction requiring cardiac catheterization, congestive heart failure, heart arrhythmias, and pulmonary hypertension.
- Cardiac PCU
Most patients are diagnosed with congestive heart failure, heart arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, and other life-threatening conditions. With this known diagnosis many may require cardiac catheterization and stent placement. As a leader in advanced therapies for heart failure, we offer care to pre- and post- heart transplant and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) patients. This unit specifically cares for readmitted LVADs and manage complex issues like pump clots, stroke, and manage medications.
- Vascular Surgery PCU
Our nursing staff provides pre/post-operative care to the wide variety of interventions needed for peripheral vascular disease patients. Surgical services include endoluminal and open repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, thoracic outlet decompression, carotid artery angioplasty/stenting, carotid endarterectomies, dialysis access (fistulas/grafts), catheter-directed thrombolysis, and various bypasses and stents for aorto-iliac and upper/lower extremity occlusive disease.
- Cardiothoracic PCU
Post Thoracic Surgery patients ranging from lung transplants, lung surgeries, and esophagectomy. In addition, we care for the Cardiothoracic population after they stabilize from the ICU. We will take care of Pre/Post CABG, Valve Repairs, Heart transplants, and other surgical procedures.
- Cardiac Surgery PCU
- We provide post-operative care to cardiac surgery patients. Our most frequent procedures are CABG (coronary artery bypass graft), Cardiac Valve Repair/Replacement, LVAD (left ventricular device implantation), Aortic repairs, and MAZE.
- Cardiac ICU
Caring for highest acuity patients with MIs, cardiomyopathies and a variety of irregular rhythms (including life-threatening v-fib and v-tach). This is a device designated floor with LVADs, IMPELLAs, and intra-aortic ballon pumps. Non post-operative ICU with pre-surgical heart intervention patients.
- Cardiothoracic ICU
Patients in the CTICU have had surgery from their esophagus to diaphragm, caring for both heart and lung surgical patient. Some procedures include open heart surgery, CABGs, valve replacements, active heart failure program (heart is failing and only thing to do for is to add devices), and ventricular assist devices. Surgical/post-operative ICU area, seeing patients post heart transplant, lung transplant and other cardiothoracic surgeries.
Overview
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
Minimum Requirements
Education
Experience
Supervisor Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred Requirements
Education
Experience
Benefits and Legal Statement
BJC Total Rewards
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, vison, 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
To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary
*Not all benefits apply to all jobs
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