RN Registered Nurse Hospice Evelyn's House

Additional Information About the Role

Join Evelyn's House in providing compassionate end of life care.

3 -12 hour shifts rotating weekends.

Night shift. 7 p.m. to 7 : 30 a.m.

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

Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

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.

• Demonstrates their individual role to the ongoing advancement of nursing clinical practice (e.g. participation in community health events, professional organization membership, quality improvement, continuing education activities).
• 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

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• Nursing

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
• 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. Equal Opportunity Employer