RN Registered Nurse Hospice

Evelyn's House RN

Join our dynamic team as an RN at Evelyn's House, a 36-hour night position from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

Job Description

• Evaluate the client and furnish 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.
• Develop, implement, and document 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 plan and ensure communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Promote 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). Practice collaborative problem solving, service recovery, and advocacy for patient family-centered continuity of care. Implement care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
• Evaluate changes in patient's condition, inform and collaborate with family and/or caregivers, and communicate with the interprofessional team as changes occur in the plan of care. Update the plan of care in EMR. Evaluate 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.

Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's in Nursing
• Experience: No experience required
• Licenses & Certifications: Valid Driver's License, RN

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing/Home Health
• Experience: 2-5 years

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 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

Community 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 are also 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 BJC's 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.