# Charge Registered Nurse at SSM Health > Open job at SSM Health in Bridgeton, United States. Workplace: On-site. Source: Nurse Jobs World, https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/ssm-health-registered-nurse-rn-charge-nurse-step-down-s4p3apz Posted 28 October 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 15 November 2026. ## Facts - Company: [SSM Health](https://nursejobsworld.com/companies/ssm-health) - Location: Bridgeton, United States - Workplace: On-site - Employment type: Full-time - Local language: Not required - Not mentioned in the job post: salary, visa sponsorship, relocation, where you can apply from ## Job description **It's more than a career, it's a calling** MO-SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis **Worker Type:** Regular **Job Highlights:** Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. Bring your talent to a team where you can belong, grow, and lead. Stepdown Critical Care offers the teamwork and support you’re looking for, the variety of patient care that keeps you learning, and opportunities to build your leadership skills while making a meaningful impact every day. Department: Stepdown Critical Care Schedule: 7 PM - 7 AM, rotating weekend and holidays Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, everyday. **Job Summary:** Provides leadership and coordination of unit staffing while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care. **Job Responsibilities and Requirements:** PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES - Assigns, directs, educates and monitors nursing and support staff during assigned shift. Contributes to or performs performance evaluations of staff. - Assesses daily patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given. - Collaborates with advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes. - Evaluates the effectiveness of patient care and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes. - Responds to complaints about patient care and manages through established channels. - May provide input for hiring, training, directing, developing and evaluating staff. - Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. - Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION - Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing EXPERIENCE - One year of registered nurse experience PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS - Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. - Constant standing and walking. - Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. - Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. - Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. - Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors. - Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. - Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. - Occasional lifting/moving of patients. - Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. - Occasional driving. - Rare crawling and running. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois - Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) - And - Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) State of Work Location: Missouri - Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) - And - Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration - Or - Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State **Work Shift:** Night Shift (United States of America) **Job Type:** Employee **Department:** 1304000128 Prog High - 4N Medical **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 36 _SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law._ [Read our notice of non-discrimination](https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643) ## How to apply Apply on the job page, https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/ssm-health-registered-nurse-rn-charge-nurse-step-down-s4p3apz: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page. ## More jobs from SSM Health - [Registered Nurse - Pediatric Clinic](https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/ssm-health-registered-nurse-pediatric-clinic-cbkjt2r): SSM Health, St. Louis, United States. On-site. 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