Registered Nurse Behavioral Health

BJC HealthCare
St. Louis, MO, US
Posted Apr 24, 2026

  • Saint Louis, Missouri
  • Nursing Services
  • Full\-Time
  • 108732
  • STL1\-R33
  • $71,760\.00 – $116,688\.00 / year (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)
  • Job Description

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  • Additional Information About the Role

    Join BJC Behavioral Health in a new RN position open due to growth!

    Day to day responsibilities:

  • Administering long \- term psychiatric medication injections
  • Drawing labs
  • Collaborative care for clients
  • Educating patients and reaching clients on their level of understanding
  • Substance abuse disorder education
  • Hours

    Monday through Friday

    8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    No weekends, nights, holidays or call.

    Three Locations:

  • S. Kingshighway.
  • Lindbergh Business Court
  • Graham Road
  • Preferred Experience:

  • Some psychiatric behavioral health experience
  • Overview

    BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Role Purpose

    Responsible for assuring that the health needs of clients and staff are addressed through various means including, but not limited to, direct care, staff education, chart reviews, occupational health and infection surveillance.

    Responsibilities

  • Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population\-specific needs.
  • 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.
  • Promotes respect, equity and empathy in interactions with diverse and vulnerable populations through care delivery (e.g. support for emotional, spiritual, and cultural preferences of patient, family and/or caregivers). Practices collaborative problem solving, service recovery and advocacy for patient family centered continuity of care. Implements care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
  • Evaluates changes in patient's condition, informs and collaborates with family and/or caregivers, and communicates with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, updates plan of care in EMR. Evaluates current nursing care to ensure evidence\-based practice and quality patient outcomes.
  • 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/Associate's
  • Nursing
  • Experience

  • 2\-5 years
  • Supervisor Experience

  • No Experience
  • Licenses \& Certifications

  • RN
  • Preferred Requirements

    Education

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Nursing
  • Benefits and Legal Statement

    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

  • 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
  • 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

    Job Description

  • -------------------
  • Additional Information About the Role

    Join BJC Behavioral Health in a new RN position open due to growth!

    Day to day responsibilities:

  • Administering long \- term psychiatric medication injections
  • Drawing labs
  • Collaborative care for clients
  • Educating patients and reaching clients on their level of understanding
  • Substance abuse disorder education
  • Hours

    Monday through Friday

    8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    No weekends, nights, holidays or call.

    Three Locations:

  • S. Kingshighway.
  • Lindbergh Business Court
  • Graham Road
  • Preferred Experience:

  • Some psychiatric behavioral health experience
  • Overview

    BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Role Purpose

    Responsible for assuring that the health needs of clients and staff are addressed through various means including, but not limited to, direct care, staff education, chart reviews, occupational health and infection surveillance.

    Responsibilities

  • Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population\-specific needs.
  • 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.
  • Promotes respect, equity and empathy in interactions with diverse and vulnerable populations through care delivery (e.g. support for emotional, spiritual, and cultural preferences of patient, family and/or caregivers). Practices collaborative problem solving, service recovery and advocacy for patient family centered continuity of care. Implements care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
  • Evaluates changes in patient's condition, informs and collaborates with family and/or caregivers, and communicates with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, updates plan of care in EMR. Evaluates current nursing care to ensure evidence\-based practice and quality patient outcomes.
  • 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/Associate's
  • Nursing
  • Experience

  • 2\-5 years
  • Supervisor Experience

  • No Experience
  • Licenses \& Certifications

  • RN
  • Preferred Requirements

    Education

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Nursing
  • Benefits and Legal Statement

    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

  • 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.

  • 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 does the work you do contribute to the overall BJC mission?

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The work that I do as an ER, nurse contributes to the overall mission statement for BJC by providing patient advocacy, every patient that walks into BJC facility, we are there to advocate for the patient from the time they enter to the time that they are discharged. Second clinical excellence. Our goal is to provide excellent care for every patient that walks into a BJC facility. Third employee satisfaction. We, that is our goal to make sure that our employees are satisfied as well as our patients. So those three elements, clinical excellence, patient advocacy and employee satisfaction helps to contribute to the overall mission of BJC.

The work that I do as an ER, nurse contributes to the overall mission …

Natalie

Assistant Nurse Manager

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