RN Home Health - Sign on Bonus

BJC HealthCare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cell phone and lap top

Mileage Reimbursement at IRS rate .70

Up to $15,000 bonus

BJC RN Career Ladder progression

Job summary

BJC HealthCare in St. Louis is seeking a registered nurse to provide skilled home care, building meaningful relationships with patients while delivering the care they need.

The role offers 40 hours per week with shift flexibility, weekend rotation, and on-call nights. Coverage across the St. Louis region, including on-call coverage and travel to service areas, is required. BJC supports RN career ladder progression and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Nursing Diploma or Associate's degree required.
• Registered Nurse with valid license (RN).
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel for home visits.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient preferences and needs, including cultural and personal factors.
• Develop, implement, and document care plans with defined goals in collaboration with the team.
• Communicate and coordinate care across the continuum of care and EMR updates.
• Support patient and family with self-care instructions and care education.
• Maintain a safety-conscious approach as this is a safety-sensitive position.

Skills

Nursing

Home Health

Patient Care

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree (Nursing/Home Health)

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

BJC Home Care is looking for you! If you're looking for a job with work-life balance, the ability to manage your own schedule, and direct patient care, then this is the opportunity for you. As a registered nurse at BJC Home Care, you'll have the chance to build meaningful relationships with patients while providing them with the care they need. Don't miss out on this chance to join our team and make a difference in the lives of those in our community.

Schedule

• 40 hour work week, shift flexible
• Team is flexible to 4 days a week 10 hour shifts
• Typical Business hours are Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm
• Weekend rotation: generally every 4th
• Paid on-call nights: 4-6 per month
• 2 holidays per year
• Servicing the BJC Home Care service area

Service Areas for reference

Chesterfield

Ballwin

Florissant

Hazelwood

North City

St. Louis City

St. Louis County

Perks

Cell phone and lap top

Mileage Reimbursement at IRS rate .70/mile

Up to $15,000 bonus

*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.

*must be willing to provide coverage in all St. Louis regions during on-call

*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.

The Metro St. Louis Intermittent Home Care Department of BJC Home Care Services provides home visits to patients in the metropolitan St. Louis area and several nearby counties, with 24 hour on-call home care nursing supervision. Our JCAHO accredited, multi-disciplinary approach combines leading edge technology with a firm belief in the powerful recuperative advantages of receiving home care.

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

Experience

• <2 years

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

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*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