Hospice RN
Company: BJC HealthCare
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: October 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionAdditional Information 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, 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. 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.Preferred Qualifications
Role PurposeEvaluates 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. Responsibilities
BJC Total RewardsAt 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.
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