Registered Nurse - Clinical Decision Unit

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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 in Health Care by Newsweek.

  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024.

  • Recognized as the 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 in 2023.

  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.

  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!

Clinical Decision Unit

Only 1/3 of hospitals have implemented Clinical Decision Units. Come be a part of a unique team! The Clinical Decision Unit is excellent for nurses who like to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. Your patients are either going home or going to be admitted, they are in Observation status. You will get to see the decision making process of the doctors by following your patients through the testing phase of care where diagnoses are confirmed or ruled out. You will have a chance to share compassion, empathy, and even joy with your patients. Come work with an amazing, close knit team of staff who all live the Vision of CoxHealth daily by being the best for those who need us.

If you would like more information about job benefits & perks, please feel free to email us @ hr-recruitment@coxhealth.comor visit https://www.coxhealth.com/employees/benefits/

Job Summary

The Clinical Decision Unit nurse is responsible for providing individual goal directed nursing care of patients who may require additional monitoring, diagnostic testing, therapy and assessment to determine whether the patient requires further treatment as an inpatient or is deemed medically stable for discharge. The CDU nurse utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide care and teaching of patients and families.

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

  • $25,000 Sign-On Bonus

  • 120 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off

  • Up to $4,000 Relocation bonus

  • $1.00 Certification pay

  • $1.00 BSN pay

  • Career Ladder Bonus eligible up to $5,000

Job Requirements

Education

Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program or NLN approved program

Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Experience

Preferred: Previous nursing 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 must be obtained within 90 days

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Specialties:

  1. Nursing

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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.