Job Description

The Opportunity:

As a Home Health Registered Nurse, you will function independently and is responsible for providing 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.

You will work autonomously with a collaborative and supportive team. This is a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals with various skills, experience, education and specialties all working together through the care management process. This is a team that is there for each other and communicates a lot via phone. They support each other when questions arise and help each other in making sure we provide the best care possible to our patients. The coverage area for this position is the North Branch, which includes: Parkville, Gladstone, Riverside, North Kansas City, Platte City, Weston, Smithville, Trimble, Holt, Lathrop, Excelsior Springs, Liberty and Independence.

Shift: PRN.

The Work:

• 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.

Why St. Luke’s Home Care:

We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. 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

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:

Job Details

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.