Facility:

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department:

1037 Surgical 200 W South

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

Hours:

6:30 PM - 7:00 AM

Work Shift:

Night Shift (United States of America)

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, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. 

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

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

 

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)  

• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

Overview of Unit/Department

200 West Medical-Surgical is a 28-bed unit that accepts patients from the Emergency Department, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Critical Care Units, and directly from physicians’ offices. Our patients range in age from young adults – 100+ years of age. This unit primarily specializes in surgical, medical & gynecological/oncology patients. Our surgical population includes hysterectomies, mastectomies, small bowel resections, oncology related surgeries and much more. Our unit does administer chemotherapy on occasion. Our patients are on 6 liters or less of oxygen and may have telemetry. Our med-surg unit sees a wide array of patient diagnoses providing you with a variety of nursing skills and knowledge. Our unit prides itself on working together as a team. You will have opportunities to grow in the administration of chemotherapy, med-surg certification, clinical ladder, precepting new graduate nurses and much more. Come join 200 West today!

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

• $1.00 Certification pay
• $1.00 BSN pay

Job Summary

Utilizes the nursing process to effectively assess the needs of patients, identify a plan of care, and implement and evaluate the care given. Provides direct and indirect care to patients and leads the patient care team toward goal achievement in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act and hospital policy. Leads employees to accomplish all job objectives; inspires confidence and motivation to enhance employee satisfaction.

Education:
Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
Experience:
▪ Preferred: At least five years of clinical experience, one year of charge nurse experience, and one year experience in the area of specialization
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