Job Description
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
3 - 12 hour days / week as assigned
6p - 6 : 30a with 1 weekend per month
Paid mileage and travel time
Overnight shift differential
Perks
Cell phone, lap top and safety support provided
IRS mileage reimbursement rates - currently $.655 / mile
Sign-on bonus up to $15,000
Supporting the St. Louis, Missouri metro area.
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
- Monitors patients response and modifies plan of care accordingly.
- Provides accurate documentation as required.
- Delivers direct patient care by assessing and evaluating patient's physical, psychosocial and emotional needs.
- Develops and implements individual plans of care in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
- Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment. Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration.
- 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
No Experience
Supervisor Experience
No Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Valid Driver's License
Preferred Requirements
Education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Nursing / Home Health
Experience
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
- Pension Plan* / 403(b) Plan funded by BJC
- 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 www.bjctotalrewards.com / Benefits
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.
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