PRN RN Hospice Home Care

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life—first‑of

Disability insurance

Retirement contribution

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off

Adoption assistance

Job summary

BJC HealthCare's Evelyn's House in St. Louis is recruiting a Registered Nurse for the Evelyn's House Hospice care team. The PRN position covers day and night shifts. Experience in hospice is preferred, with nursing licensure and registration to provide compassionate end-of-life care.

The role emphasizes a nursing career ladder, professional development, leadership, collaboration, and patient-centered planning within a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Nursing diploma or associate degree required.
• RN license/registration required.
• Hospice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and provide nursing care for hospice patients as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess patient needs, develop and document care plans, and communicate changes to the interprofessional team.
• Support patient and family through end-of-life care with dignity and compassion.
• Ensure plan of care is updated in EMR and aligned with standards of nursing practice.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

RN Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Join the Evelyn's house team in providing passionate end of life care in our 16 patient Hospice House. Preferred qualification - hospice experience.

Registered Nurse - RN Evelyn's Hospice HousePRN days and nightsThe BJC RN Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. 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.Position requires registration with the Family Care Safety registry

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.

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.

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.

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

- Nursing

Experience

No Experience

RNBachelor's Degree

- Nursing/Home Health

Experience

Benefits and Legal Statement

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
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance