Transitional Care Unit RN

salary $36.67 per hour |

suitcaseFULL_TIME |

clock August 24th, 2025

  • building BJC HealthCare
  • location St Louis, MO
  • salary $36.67 per hour
  • suitcase FULL_TIME
  • clock August 24th, 2025

Registered Nurse (RN) - Transitional Care Unit - $30-47 per hour at BJC HealthCare summary:

Registered Nurse (RN) in the Transitional Care Unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital responsible for direct patient care, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation within nursing standards. Supports boarding patients in the Emergency Department awaiting inpatient beds, ensuring patient safety, education, and family-centered care. Works full-time night shifts in a Level I Trauma facility, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and culturally sensitive nursing care.

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Transitional Care Unit for a nursing job in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Job Description Requirements

  • Specialty:Transitional Care Unit
  • Discipline:RN
  • Duration:Ongoing
  • Employment Type:Staff

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Additional Information About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to support our new Transitional Care Unit. This TCU will focus on supporting boardng patients in the ED while they await inpatient beds.

-3x12s

-Full Time Nights

-Sign on bonus eligible

Additional Preferred Requirements

  • ED and/or Inpatient experience helpful
Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospitalat Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nations top hospitals by U.S. News World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospitals staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

The Emergency Department at Barnes-Jewish Hospital is an opportunity to work in a dynamic, urban setting where the arrival of each new second brings with it an opportunity to serve a melting pot of a community with a wide array of medical needs. We specialize in a rapid assessment and treatment of patients when every second counts, particularly during the initial phase of acute illness and trauma. The Barnes-Jewish Hospital Emergency Department is a Level I Trauma facility and a leader in disaster preparedness for the St. Louis region. No one shift is like the other; no one minute is like the next.

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/Associates
  • - Nursing

    Experience

  • No Experience
  • Supervisor Experience

  • No Experience
  • Licenses Certifications

  • RN
  • Preferred Requirements

    Education

  • Bachelors Degree
  • - Nursing

    Experience

  • Benefits and Legal Statement

    BJC Total Rewards

    At BJC were 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

    To learn more, go to www.bjctotalrewards.com/Benefits

    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 #86567. Posted job title: Nurse Transitional Care Unit

    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.

    Keywords:

    Registered Nurse, Transitional Care Unit, Emergency Department, Patient Care, Nursing, Healthcare, Level I Trauma, Patient Safety, Family Education, Clinical Assessment

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