Registered Nurse

CareSTL Health is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse II who is caring, compassionate, and hard-working to join our team!

Position: The Registered Nurse is responsible to the Department Director, and is to be clinically competent; deliver care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation; and effectively interact with patients, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining standards of professional nursing.

Essential Functions:

• Directs and supervises less skilled nursing/healthcare personnel, or supervises a particular unit on one shift
• Prepares patients for, and assists with examinations and treatments
• Assesses the needs of individuals, families, and/or communities, including assessment of individuals' home and/or work environments to identify potential health or safety problems
• Instructs individuals, families, and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and childbirth, and develops health improvement programs

Additional Duties:

• Prepares rooms, sterilizes instruments, equipment/supplies, and ensures that stock of supplies are maintained
• Administers oral, inhalation, intravenous, intramuscular, intradermal and other routes
• Conducts specified laboratory tests as directed in Myrtle Hilliard Davis Comprehensive Health Center's Policies and Procedures for Standing Orders under the direction of a physician
• Directs and coordinates infection control programs, advising and consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions
• Provides or arranges for training/instruction of auxiliary personnel and community stakeholders
• Refers patients to specialized health resources or community agencies
• Consults with institutions or associations regarding issues and concerns relevant to the practice and the profession of nursing
• Works with individuals, groups, and families to plan and implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities' outcomes
• Communicates with all staff, patients, and families with excellent written and verbal skills

Qualifications:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing required
  • Valid registration as a Registered Nurse in the State of Missouri required
  • Current AHA Healthcare Provider training (BCLS) required
  • Current CPR Certification required
• Experience: 6 yrs of experience or more
• Other: Must have reliable transportation.

Additional Information:

• Clinic hours are Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• 11 paid holidays per year.
• Full benefits package.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

*We believe that health care is right and not a privilege. At CARESTL HEALTH we are an equal opportunity employer healthcare center. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, veteran, or disability status.*