Job Description​

As a Home Health Registered Nurse, you will  function independently and provide patient care in the home setting. You will be responsible for care planning, case management, patient education, wound care, disease management and more in your patients’ home. You will work closely with your patients and their families. You will have the opportunity to work with a cutting edge remote patient monitoring system allowing you to perform virtual visits. As a nurse on our Home Health team, you will utilize your full scope of nursing skills, including wound and ostomy care, PICC line care, chronic care education and medication reviews. While you work autonomously, you will be supported by a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals and support staff.

Responsibilities

• Utilizing the nursing process throughout the provision of patient/family care. 
• Coordinating the care of patients and consulting other disciplines of the health care team. 
• Facilitating patient care, anticipating patient care needs, individualizing patient care and adjusting or modifying the nursing plan of care as appropriate.
• Collaborating with the medical staff and the other disciplines to provide and enhance patient care. 
• Adhering to all nursing policies and standards, and proactively strives to maintain and improve quality outcomes. 

Missouri and Kansas RN License Required.

To be successful in this role, you must have strong critical thinking, time management, proactive total patient care, and organizational skills. You must be confident in your skills and able to work independently every day. You must be comfortable working with their patients in their home and willing to be flexible and adaptable with your daily scheduling and tasks. You must be able to stay positive in a changing environment with the ability to change directions quickly as needed.

A strong orientation team of leadership, educators and preceptors are available to you to ensure a successful transition into this position.

Saint Luke’s has a strong nurse governance and we encourage all of our nurses to participate and help us make Saint Luke’s The Best Place To Get Care, The Best Place To Give Care. Our leaders support and encourage their nurses to take their careers to the next level and participate in various projects and initiatives that directly impact patient care and the organization.

This position supports the Northland area and includes Gladstone, Liberty, North Independence and surrounding communities.

Benefits:

• Health, Vision and Dental
• Leave of Absence, PTO, Extended Sick Leave, and various Welfare plans
• Flex Savings Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Various  other Voluntary Benefits Available
• Retirement Options
• Clinical Advancement Program – Shared Governance, Unit Based Project, Career Advancement
• RNs are assigned to a small geographic coverage area within the KC Metro area – cutting down on drive time
• Quarterly Employee recognition by peers
• Paid Mileage

Saint Luke’s Home Care & Hospice serves multiple counties in Kansas and Missouri. Our specially trained nurses, therapists, and other skilled staff have delivered high-quality care to patients in the comfort of their own homes and under their physicians' direct supervision for more than 30 years. And as part of Saint Luke’s Health System, we deliver the same high-quality, comprehensive, and compassionate care.

For more than 30 years, Saint Luke's has set the standard for home care and hospice services throughout the Kansas City area. Saint Luke’s Home Care is one of the regions premier providers of a continuum of health care in the home, and led by clinicians with decades of experience in the Home Health and Hospice industry. And as part of Saint Luke’s Health System, we deliver the same high-quality, comprehensive, and compassionate care.

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Less than 1 year

Registered Nurse (KS) - National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NURSYS), Registered Nurse (MO) - National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NURSYS)

Associate Degree (Required)

Job Details

Full time

Day (United States of America)

"The best place to get care. The best place to give care." That is the Saint Luke's vision and, whether in a hospital, clinic, practice, or office, our more than 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Saint Luke's employees are proud of our rich history and heritage, and that we remain the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke's means joining a team of exceptional professionals who always strive for excellence in patient care. Take this opportunity to do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive work space where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire only non-tobacco users.