Hospice RN - Evelyn's House

Additional Information About the Role

Full Time - 36 Hours 

Night Shift - 19:00 - 07:30

Weekend & Holiday Rotations 

Location - Evelyn's House 

Benefits Eligible 

Prior experience in supporting patients and families in hospice setting is preferred! 

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.

Evelyn’s House is the newest addition to BJC Hospice and BJCs 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.

Role Purpose

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.

Responsibilities