Hospice RN Case Manager

Confidential; Glen Carbon (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cell phone and lap top

Generous mileage Reimbursement at IRS

Up to $15,000 sign-on bonus

Relocation available

Job summary

BJC Home Care is seeking a Hospice - Registered Nurse Case Manager to join our team serving the Illinois service area. The role involves coordinating all aspects of patient care, working within a multi-disciplinary team, and delivering skilled nursing and hospice services in patients' homes or facilities.

The position requires nursing licensure and an associate's or diploma in nursing, with 2–5 years of experience; a Bachelor's in Nursing/Home Health is preferred.

Qualifications

• Education:Nursing Diploma/Associate's- Nursing
• Licenses & Certifications: Valid Driver's License RN
• Preferred Requirements: 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.
• 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).
• 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.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's- Nursing

Bachelor's Degree- Nursing/Home Health

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Are you passionate about End of Life Care? Do you enjoy providing support to patients and their families?

Hospice - Registered Nurse Case Manager

Monday - Friday

8:00am - 4:30pm

On-call Rotation

Holiday Rotation

Perks

• Cell phone and lap top
• Generous mileage Reimbursement at IRS rate
• Up to $15,000 sign-on bonus
• Relocation available to eligible candidates

Location

Supporting BJC Hospice Illinois Service Area

*BJC Career Ladder Progression available:

The BJC RN Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area.This is a tool to empower nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression.The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education and service excellence and gives staff the opportunity to continue doing what they do best - caring for patients - while having the opportunity to advance to the next step in their career.Moves to higher ladder levels will result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.

*Position requires registration with the Family Care Safety Registry

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.

Hospice, the final stage of BJC's continuum of care, is a special kind of caring for patients with a life-limiting illness. Services are provided in the comfort of the patient's home or skilled nursing facility. The Hospice 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 symptom management, pain control, counseling and bereavement services for the dying. Our Hospice services include alternative therapies such as music, art and massage therapy. Our 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.

Minimum Requirements

• EducationNursing Diploma/Associate's- Nursing
• ExperienceSupervisor ExperienceNo Experience
• Licenses & CertificationsValid Driver's LicenseRN
• Preferred RequirementsEducationBachelor's Degree- Nursing/Home Health
• Experience2-5 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

• BJC Total Rewards
• At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
• 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 DevelopmentHealth Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance
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Benefits Summary

*Not all benefits apply to all jobsThe above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer