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Emergency Department Student Nurse Tech

BJC HealthCare

Saint Louis, MOPer Diem$17.5–22.75/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$17.5–22.75/hr
Location
Saint Louis, MO
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Emergency Department Student Nurse Tech provides multi-skilled direct patient care under the direction and supervision of a registered professional nurse. The role requires completion of a foundational nursing skills course or equivalent and enrollment in an accredited RN program. The department is described as high-acuity and fast-paced, and the position is PRN.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Direct Patient CarePatient and Family EducationMedical TerminologyClinical Data CollectionPatient Safety

Qualifications

Foundational Nursing Skills Course or EquivalentEnrolled Accredited RN ProgramEnrolled Accredited BSN Program

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

City/State: Saint Louis, Missouri

Categories: Nursing Services

Job Status: PRN

Req ID : 118713

Pay Range: $17.50 – $22.75 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

  • Amazing Department to Learn Valuable Skills In!

  • High Acuity, fast paced environment

Additional Preferred Requirements

  • Must have completed Fundamentals of Nursing to be eligible

Overview

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state!

The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.

Northwest HealthCare , six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.

The Emergency Department provides primary diagnoses and complaints for patients seen include chest pain, respiratory distress, medical emergencies, seizures, headaches, fevers, lacerations, fractures, urinary tract infections, vaginal bleeding, strokes, and multiple trauma.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides multi-skilled, direct patient care, under the direction and supervision of a registered professional nurse. This job requires completion of a foundational nursing skills course or equivalent (fundamentals, foundations, or adult/peds health.

Responsibilities

  • Assists nurse with patient and family education. Documents all patient care activities provided with correct medical terminology. Acts as 1:1 patient safety sitter as necessary.

  • Ensures availability of supplies and equipment to meet each patient's needs.

  • Implements direct patient care under the supervision of the nursing team.

  • Collects clinical data and information on patients and reports abnormal findings to the nurse.

  • Instructs patients in preparations for tests and procedures.

Minimum Requirements

Education

  • Enrolled-accredited RN program

Experience

  • No Experience

Supervisor Experience

  • No Experience

Preferred Requirements

Education

  • Enrolled-accredited BSN progrm

Benefits and Legal Statement

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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 (https://assets.jibecdn.com/prod/bjc/0.0.331/assets/2026%20Benefits%20Summary\_Final.pdf) .

*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

How this job compares

Set against the 29,634 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$17.5–22.75/hr
  • Missouri median$32–48/hr213 hourly ranges
  • US median$34–45/hr13,050 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $20.13/hr, is 50% below the Missouri median midpoint ($40/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Nurse hourly ranges in Missouri.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 777 open Nurse jobs in Missouri and 29,634 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Missouri
Experience
Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (12,265 postings).
Education
3,287 of the 29,634 open Nurse jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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