Job Description

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

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Location:

St. Louis Children's Hospital

One Children's Place

St. Louis, MO 63110

• Benefits eligible
• Monday – Friday
• Days
• 40 hours per week – flexibility on the shift times
• Call rotation, as needed, for clinical duties
• No weekends or holidays

The AKRT Team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) is made up of 65 Specialists. The Mechanical Assist Department oversees the ECMO/ AKRT pump staffing and education of unit-based specialists. The department is structured with a Manger, an ECMO Coordinator, an AKRT Coordinator, 8 Advanced ECLS Specialists (AES), and 3 Mechanical Assist Flex Team (MAFT) members. The AES function in the role as charge nurses, education facilitators, respond to emergencies, and assist our Perfusionists with procedures and transports. The MAFT team are ECMO/AKRT trained specialists that care for patients on ECMO and AKRT in the ICUs. The rest of the AKRT and ECMO teams are made up from unit-based specialists from the Heart Center, PICU, and NICU. These specialists are trained in one or both of these modalities and care for patients in any of the ICUs. The difference between the unit specialists and the MAFT team is the specialists are from an ICU as their department, and the MAFT is more of an ICU ECMO/AKRT pump float pool. SLCH has about 1,000 days of AKRT therapy/year, and is a transplant center. We are making strides to develop into one of the premier AKRT programs in the country, as we use the latest technology, we partner with Washington University physicians who are performing groundbreaking research, and are a major referral center in the Midwest for transplant services.

Additional Preferred Requirements

• BSN
• Prior pediatric AKRT experience
• Prior nursing education/AKRT Coordinator experience

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. 

St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Role Purpose

Coordinates the care of Mechanical Assist Device (MAD) patients. Promotes effective utilization of clinical, ancillary and material resources. Coordinates, plans, implements and evaluates the patient care and discharge plan for each patient with a mechanical device based upon initial and ongoing assessments. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for patients. Coordinates clinical and investigational procedures/studies associated with the treatment of adult/pediatric patients.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with physicians to provide direct care to patients.
• Plans, conducts and evaluates educational activities regarding mechanical assist devices for potential recipients, families, professionals and the public.
• Manages the health care of patients with mechanical assist devices.
• Plans and evaluates the delivery of care for patients.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Experience

• 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• 5-10 years

Licenses & Certifications

• Cert Clinical Transplant Coord

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
• Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC
• 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

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

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

BJC HealthCare Job ID #88182. Posted job title: AKRT Coordinator

About BJC HealthCare

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

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