Hospice RN Case Manager - Sign on Bonus Eligible
Location: St. Louis City/County
About the Role
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, 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.
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.
Schedule
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm with weekend and on-call rotation.
Benefits
- Cell phone and laptop provided
- Generous mileage reimbursement at IRS rate
- Up to $15,000 sign-on bonus
- Relocation assistance available to eligible candidates
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 tool empowers 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, giving staff 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.
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 the interprofessional team as changes occur in the plan of care; updates plan of care in EMR.
- Evaluates current nursing care to ensure evidence-based practice and quality patient outcomes.
When assigned as case manager, the staff nurse is responsible for coordinating all aspects of care related to that patient.
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
- Must be willing to provide coverage in all St. Louis regions during on-call.
- Position requires registration with the Family Care Safety Registry.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing
Preferred Qualifications
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.