Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health - $72K-117K per year

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Home Health for a nursing job in Glen Carbon, Illinois.
The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.
Job Description & Requirements
Specialty:
Home Health
Discipline:
RN
Duration:
Ongoing
Employment Type:
Staff
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Additional Information About the Role
Make a Difference—One Patient at a Time
Join BJC Home Care as a Home Health Registered Nurse
BJC Home Care is seeking compassionate RNs ready to deliver meaningful 1:1 patient care in an under‐served community—while enjoying work‐life balance and flexibility.
As a Home Health RN, you'll build trusted relationships with patients, work independently, and stay supported by a collaborative care team. This role allows you to practice at the top of your license and see the real impact of your work every day.
Schedule & Location
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Weekend rotation: generally every 4th
4–6 on‐call nights/month
2 holidays per year
Primarily Godfrey/Alton
Why Choose BJC Home Care?
1:1 patient care
Company‐provided cell phone & laptop
Mileage reimbursement: $0.70/mile (IRS rate)
Up to $15,000 bonus for eligible candidates
Grow with the BJC RN Career Ladder
Advance your career through BJC's nationally recognized RN Career Ladder—designed to support professional growth, leadership, and education. Higher ladder levels come with increased pay, allowing you to grow without leaving patient care.
*BJC Career Ladder Progression available:
The BJC RN Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area.
This is a tool to empower nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression.
The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education and service excellence and gives staff the opportunity to continue doing what they do best - caring for patients - while having the opportunity to advance to the next step in their career.
Moves to higher ladder levels will result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.
*must be willing to provide coverage in all Illinois covered regions during on-call
*Position requires registration with the Family Care Safety Registry
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Overview
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.
The Alton Intermittent Home Care Department of BJC Home Care Services provides home visits to patients in Alton, Illinois and several nearby counties, with 24 hour on-call home care nursing supervision. Our JCAHO accredited, multi-disciplinary approach combines leading edge technology with a firm belief in the powerful recuperative advantages of receiving home care.
Preferred Qualifications
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
Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
Promotes respect, equity and empathy in interactions with diverse and vulnerable populations through care delivery (e.g. support for emotional, spiritual, and cultural preferences of patient, family and/or caregivers). Practices collaborative problem solving, service recovery and advocacy for patient family centered continuity of care.
Implements care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
Evaluates changes in patient's condition, informs and collaborates with family and/or caregivers, and communicates with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, updates plan of care in EMR. Evaluates current nursing care to ensure evidence-based practice and quality patient outcomes.
BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.
Minimum Requirements
Education
Nursing Diploma/Associate's
- Nursing Experience
Supervisor Experience
No Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Valid Driver's License
RN
Preferred Requirements
Education
Bachelor's Degree
- Nursing/Home Health Experience
2-5 years
Benefits and Legal Statement
BJC Total Rewards
At 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.
Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance available on first day
BJC Institute for Learning and Development
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
Adoption assistance
To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.
*Not all benefits apply to all jobs
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer
BJC HealthCare Job ID #108971. Posted job title: Home Health Registered Nurse
About BJC HealthCare
BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.