Hospice RN - PRN

BJC Home Care; St. Louis (MO); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

RN Career Ladder

Zusammenfassung

BJC Home Care in St. Louis is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for Evelyn's Hospice House to deliver compassionate end-of-life care in a 16-patient facility.

You will evaluate patients, coordinate interprofessional care, and support families, with 7p–7:30a or 7:00a–7:30p shifts; PRN coverage for PTO.

The role includes access to the BJC RN Career Ladder, professional development, and a safety-sensitive work environment.

Qualifikationen

• Nursing Diploma or Associate's degree required.
• RN license required.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Nursing/Home Health.

Aufgaben

• Assess patient preferences and needs; coordinate care with interprofessional team.
• Develop, implement and document individualized care plans across the continuum.
• Promote empathy, equity and culturally sensitive care for patients and families.

Kenntnisse

Hospice experience

Ausbildung

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree

Nursing/Home Health

Jobbeschreibung

Additional Information About The Role

Join the Evelyn's house team in providing passionate end of life care in our 16 patient Hospice House. Make a difference in providing peace and dignity during end of life.

Preferred Qualification - Hospice Experience.

Registered Nurse - RN Evelyn's Hospice House

7p-7:30a/7:00a-7:30p

PRN days and nights

Cover scheduled and call-ins for PTO.

• 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.

Evelyn’s House is the newest addition to BJC Hospice and BJCs 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
• Nursing

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• Valid Driver's License
• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• Nursing/Home Health

Experience

• 2-5 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 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

The 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