RN Field Hospice - Float Nurse

RN Field Hospice - Float Nurse at BJC summary :

The RN Field Hospice - Float Nurse provides specialized nursing care to terminally ill patients in home or skilled nursing facilities, focusing on symptom management, pain control, and emotional support. They develop and implement individualized care plans, coordinate with interdisciplinary teams, and promote patient dignity and quality of life at the end of life. This role includes travel between patient locations and emphasizes professional development and career progression within a supportive healthcare network.

Additional Information About the Role

Hospice Field RN

This is your chance to make a difference in end of life care. The ideal candidate will have great assessment skills, IV skills and willing to grow into the position while building this well supported BJC initiative.

Schedule

M-F 2p-10 : 3Op

Paid travel time

Perks

Cell phone, laptop and safety support provided

IRS mileage reimbursement rates

Sign-on bonus up to $15,000

Career Ladder eligible

Location

Illinois Region

• BJC Career Ladder Progression
• 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.

BLS (Basic Life Support) required

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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

Minimum Requirements

Education

Experience

Supervisor Experience

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred Requirements

Education

Experience

Benefits and Legal Statement

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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.

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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

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hospice nursing, end of life care, symptom management, pain control, home health care, palliative care, patient care planning, interdisciplinary team coordination, RN career ladder, float nurse