Hospice Admissions RN - $35-56 per hour

BJC HealthCare; Valley Park (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursement

Bonus up to $15,000

Job summary

BJC HealthCare is seeking an Admissions Hospice Nurse for a weekend option, full-time position (36 hours/week) in Valley Park, Missouri. The role involves coordinating patient plans of care, collaborating with interprofessional teams, and ensuring timely communication across care settings.

Minimum requirements include RN license and a nursing diploma/associate's degree, with a preference for a Bachelor's in Nursing/Home Health and 2–5 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's – Nursing Experience <2 years
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience
• Valid Driver's License
• RN license
• Education: Bachelor's Degree – Nursing/Home Health Experience 2-5 years

Responsibilities

• Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
• Develop, implement, and document 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 plan and ensure communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Promote 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).
• Practice collaborative problem solving, service recovery and advocacy for patient family centered continuity of care.
• Implement care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
• Evaluate changes in patient's condition, inform and collaborate with family and/or caregivers, and communicate with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, update plan of care in EMR.
• Evaluate current nursing care to ensure evidence-based practice and quality patient outcomes.

Skills

RN license

Driver's license

Home health experience

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree – Nursing/Home Health

Job description

Job Title

Admissions Hospice Nurse - Weekend Option (Full-time, 36 hours per week)

Job Details

Location: Valley Park, Missouri

Employment Type: Staff

Contract Type: Full time – 36 hours a week, Weekend Option – Set Schedule Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 8 am to 8:30 pm

Community travel within the Greater St. Louis Area – Mileage reimbursement based off IRS Standard Rate

Bonus: Up to $15,000 bonus for eligible candidates

Responsibilities

• Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
• Develop, implement, and document 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 plan and ensure communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Promote 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).
• Practice collaborative problem solving, service recovery and advocacy for patient family centered continuity of care.
• Implement care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
• Evaluate changes in patient\'s condition, inform and collaborate with family and/or caregivers, and communicate with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, update plan of care in EMR.
• Evaluate current nursing care to ensure evidence-based practice and quality patient outcomes.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate\'s – Nursing Experience <2 years
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience
• Valid Driver\'s License
• RN license

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor\'s Degree – Nursing/Home Health Experience 2-5 years

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 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.

Company Overview

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations.

Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs. BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

Legal

Equal Opportunity Employer.

BJC HealthCare Job ID #116091. Posted job title: Admissions Hospice Nurse - Weekend Option.