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CARE Registered Nurse - Flex

Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
  • Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
  • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Overview of Unit/Department

Do you like all the different aspects of nursing? Do you want some days to be fast paced, high acuity like in the ER or the CCU, but then other days you like to spend more time with each of your patients building a relationship, and engaging in therapeutic communication? Do you want the best of both worlds? If you answered YES, come work with the Flex Team at Cox Medical Center Branson, where you can expand your experience in a variety of nursing areas. If you are flexible the Flex team is the place for you!

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

  • Clinical ladder bonus pay eligible up to $5,000 annually
  • Relocation bonus available for qualified candidates
  • Student loan repayment available for qualified candidates
  • RN to BSN tuition assistance up to $13,500
  • $1.00 BSN pay
  • $1.00 certification pay
  • Up to $5,000 STAR Clinical ladder bonus per year
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $1,200 per year
  • Shared Governance Council

Job Summary

Flex nurse duties include assessing, planning, evaluating and implementing patient care in accordance with accepted standards of practice and organizational policy, administering medications and treatments, performing documentation and providing education to patients and families. Flex Nurses are assigned throughout the Branson Hospital and have varying schedules and unit assignments. The Flex Nurse maintains a wide array of medical care knowledge in order to care for a diverse group of patients. This position qualifies for a float pay differential.

Job Requirements

Education

Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Experience

Required: one (1) year critical care or emergency room experience OR two (2) years medical/surgical experience

Skills

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Demonstrate effective leadership abilities

- Exhibits valuable time management skills

- Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills

- Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment

Licensure/Certification/Registration

- Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri

- Required:BLS and ACLS must be obtained within 90 days

- Required:Must obtain PALS within one year of hire

Specialties:

  1. Nursing

Why CoxHealth?

We are a health system that includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 537 physicians serving 24 counties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.