Hospice RN - $35-56 per hour

BJC HealthCare; Valley Park (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Hospice for a nursing job in Valley Park, Missouri. This Full Time role covers 36 hours on the day shift (7 am to 7:30 pm) with rotating Saturdays and Sundays at Evelyn's House.

The position requires RN licensure with preferred hospice/home health experience and offers a comprehensive benefits package. Evelyn’s House is part of BJC’s hospice services, providing multidisciplinary care focused on comfort, pain management, and family support in a

Qualifications

• Nursing diploma or associate degree in nursing.
• Active RN license is required to practice.
• Experience in hospice or home health is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including values and cultural needs.
• Develop, implement, and document individualized plans of care with defined goals with the care team and family/caregiver.
• Promote respect, equity and empathy in care delivery and advocate for patient-centered continuity of care.
• Evaluate changes in patient condition and update the plan of care in the EMR, coordinating with the team and family.
• Work in a safety-sensitive role requiring alertness and safe practice.

Skills

Hospice care

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing/Home Health

Job description

Job Description & Requirements

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Hospice for a nursing job in Valley Park, Missouri.

Additional Information About the Role

Full Time - 36 Hours

Day Shift - 7 am to 7:30 pm

Saturday and Sunday coverage Rotating 3rd day during week

Location - Evelyn's House

Benefits Eligible

Prior experience in supporting patients and families in hospice setting is preferred!

Overview

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.

Evelyn’s House is the newest addition to BJC Hospice and BJC’s continuum of care for patients with life-limiting illness. Evelyn’s House staff are sensitive to the physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill adult and pediatric patients and their families. We provide a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and volunteers, specially trained in pain and symptom management, counseling, and bereavement services for the dying. BJC Hospice services include alternative therapies such as music, art and massage therapy. BJC Hospice programs provide palliative care by helping patients manage their pain and symptoms while living their lives with daily peace and dignity.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose Evaluates the client and furnishes services requiring substantial and specialized skill, appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures, and instructions to assist the client in learning appropriate self-care techniques. When assigned as case manager, the staff nurse is responsible for coordinating all aspects of care related to that patient.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
• Develops, implements, and documents 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 plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Promotes 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). Practices collaborative problem solving, service recovery and advocacy for patient family centered continuity of care. Implements care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
• Evaluates changes in patient's condition, informs and collaborates with family and/or caregivers, and communicates with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, updates plan of care in EMR. Evaluates current nursing care to ensure evidence-based practice and quality patient outcomes.
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

• Education Nursing Diploma/Associate's - NursingExperience
• <2 years
• Supervisor Experience No Experience
• Licenses & Certifications Valid Driver's License
• RN

Preferred Requirements

• Education Bachelor's Degree - Nursing/Home HealthExperience
• 2-5 years

BJC Total Rewards

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, 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

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

Equal Opportunity Employer

BJC HealthCare Job ID #119816. Posted job title: Hospice RN - Weekend Option - Evelyn's House

About BJC HealthCare

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 is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.