RN Home Health - IL - Eligible

Additional Information About The Role

BJC Home Care is looking for you! The home health registered nurse provides 1:1 patient care supporting an under-served community. All while attaining work-life balance and setting up your own schedule.

As a registered nurse at BJC Home Care, you'll have the chance to build meaningful relationships with patients while providing them with the care they need in a supportive team environment. Don't miss out on this chance to join our team and make a difference in the lives of those in our community.

Learn more here: https://www.bjchomecare.org/Careers

• 8:00 - 4:30 pm
• Weekend rotation: generally every 4th
• 4 to 6 on-call nights per month
• Holiday requirements: 2 per year

Glen Carbon, IL and roughly an hour north including Alton/Godfrey

• Cell phone and lap top
• Mileage Reimbursement at IRS rate .70/mile
• Up to $15,000 bonus for 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 is a tool to empower 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 and gives staff the opportunity to continue doing what they do best - caring for patients - while having 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.
• must be willing to provide coverage in all St. Louis regions during on-call
• Position requires registration with the Family Care Safety Registry

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.

The Alton Intermittent Home Care Department of BJC Home Care Services provides home visits to patients in Alton, Illinois and several nearby counties, with 24 hour on-call home care nursing supervision. Our JCAHO accredited, multi-disciplinary approach combines leading edge technology with a firm belief in the powerful recuperative advantages of receiving home care.

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.

• 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…