Hospice Field Staff Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN

Hospice Field Staff Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Hospice of Southern Illinois is a not-for-profit, free-standing, community-based hospice offering Southern Illinois and St. Louis Metro-East communities a range of services for people of all ages at the end of life. We have been providing compassionate care to terminally ill patients and their families in their home or a home-like setting since 1981. Since that time, we have continued our mission to enhance the quality of life for individuals and their loved ones touched by a terminal illness.

Our reputation is a direct result of our desire to do more than what is required or expected. This can be seen in the passion and commitment of our employees and volunteers to provide excellent hospice care through all the services we provide. A career in hospice care at Hospice of Southern Illinois is a calling. Is it calling you?

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• Position Summary: Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, and in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT), provides direct and indirect patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act and organizational policy.
• Pay: $28.72 Hourly. Full-Time Non-Exempt Position
• Schedule: Monday
  - Friday 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM with an additional rotational on-call schedule that includes some evening, weekends, and holidays. As we have on-call nurses, on-call would be limited.
• Location: Will be based out of our Belleville Patient Services Office. Would primarily visit patients and travel within the Belleville office’s service area southern service territory, which include the following counties:
  St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, and Washington.
• We visit our patients wherever they may be located, whether it be in their homes, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, etc. As a result, a valid driver's license, current automobile insurance, and reliable transportation are requirements of the position. The company reimburses .70 cents per mile for driving personal vehicles.
• Hospice of Southern Illinois is certified by the State of Illinois and is in compliance with the registration requirements of the Illinois Equal Pay Act.
• By applying, you are consenting to be contacted via phone call, text, or email regarding your application for this position.
• Benefits and insurance offered include: paid-time off, extended illness benefits, health, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term & long term disability insurance, 403(b) retirement plan. Please see below and the FAQ on benefits on (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). for additional details.
• EOE

• Graduate of State-approved school of nursing.
• Successful completion of Licensed Practice Nurse education.

• One (1) year experience in hospice preferred.

• Current Illinois LPN license.
• CPR certification preferred.
• Excellent clinical assessment, organizational and interpersonal relationship skills.
• A working knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid, hospice regulations, and third-party payor expectations is preferred.
• Reliable means of transportation.

• Performs repetitive tasks. Physical tasks including bathing, transferring, lifting, and turning of patients in the home or home-like setting. Prolonged periods of sitting rts up to 100 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 50 lbs. frequently and/or 20 lbs constantly. Requires physical flexibility of bending at knee and squat-bend. The Staff Licensed Practice Nurse manages stress appropriately, makes decisions under pressure, handles multiple priorities, works alone, and manages anger/fear/hostility/violence of other appropriately.
  
  This position requires clarity of vision >20 inches and