Role: Staff Nurse I
Contract duration: 3 months & possible extension (04/01/2024 - 07/01/2024)
Guaranteed hours: 40, M-F 8-5
Schedule: no holidays, no weekends
Location: ST. LOUIS, MO
Client: Washington University
About the facility: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Licensure requirement: registered nurse MO license per the Compact Act
Certifications requirement: BLS
Education requirements: minimum degree required: associate's degree (community college, MBO)
COVID card requirement: Yes
Role brief: - Graduate of an accredited nursing program with 2 years of nursing experience preferred.
- Provides direct patient care, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patients;
- Completes health history and physical examination on patients; conveys findings to physician
- Coordinates patient care, orders diagnostic tests, conveys findings to physician, attends inpatient rounds, coordinates patient appointments, and assists with referrals to outside sources
- Assists physician and provides support with examinations, procedures, and other processes related to direct patient care
- Performs a variety of nursing administrative duties, including compliance with environmental safety regulations, infection control standards, and quality assurance
acts as liaison and team leader by facilitating communication and coordination of care between patients, families, and health team members; explains routines and procedures to patients and coordinates patient care information to appropriate sources. - Working knowledge of techniques and methodologies used in developing, coordinating, and managing clinical research projects with working knowledge of database management, spreadsheet, and statistical analysis software
- Following department guidelines regarding answering patient questions and triaging emergent patient matters promptly.
- Nurses will be answering questions, filling prescriptions, calling patients, etc.
Required skills: - clinical research
- infection control
- database management
- statistical analysis
Languages: - English: read/write/speak