Job Description​

The Opportunity:

               

Saint Luke’s Home Care and Hospice is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse Hospice Case Manager to serve the metro Kansas City area.  You will have the opportunity to help patients control and direct their end-of-life care by providing peace of mind, dignity, and comfort on the patient’s terms wherever they call home. 

Established in 1975, Saint Luke’s Hospice is one of the region’s first hospice programs and has provided compassionate, comforting care to patients and their families in Missouri and Kansas.  Our goal is to help patients and their families manage their physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing so they can stay focused on spending quality time together.

Shift:  Monday-Friday with flexibility during daytime hours. On-call as assigned.

The Work:

Your skills as a Registered Nurse will be challenged in a meaningful way as you will be responsible for:

• Conducting a comprehensive initial and ongoing assessments of the patient’s physical, functional, social, and environmental needs.
• Providing professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process.
• Educating patients and their families on disease process, self-care techniques, end-of-life care, and nutrition and dietary needs
• Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team (physicians, social work, chaplain, other caregivers).
• Providing care that prevents and alleviates suffering.
• Maintaining complete and thorough electronic medical records meeting all system and regulatory requirements.

Missouri and Kansas RN License and valid driver’s license with good driving record required.

Why Saint Luke’s?

We value our nurses’ knowledge, experience, and expertise to improve patient outcomes and provide quality care. Our nurses are compensated fairly for their hard work and dedication to our patients, we offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:

• Medical health plans
• Continuing Education Assistance and Tuition reimbursement
• Leave of Absence, PTO, Extended Sick Leave, and various Welfare plans
• Retirement contributions
• Employee Assistance Program
• Clinical Advancement Program – Shared Governance, Unit Based Project, Career Advancement

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Less than 1 year

Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Driver's License - Various, Family Care Safety Registry - Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Registered Nurse - Various

Associate Degree

Job Details

Full Time

Day (United States of America)

The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.