What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN, Float Home Care Team Overland Park, KS position at KANSAS CITY HOSPICE INC?
Registered Nurse (RN), Float
SIGN ON BONUS - FT $5,000
We invite you to take a bold step with us. Join the team that’s offering expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance, and hope to people affected by serious illness or grief around Kansas City. At Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, we work together – one team, one vision, that each person in our community is valued from life through death and each family is supported in their grief.
We Strive to be the Best Place to Work:
- We offer generous and competitive wages and benefits!
- Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. (With some flexibility)
- 1 Saturday requirement every 5-6 weeks.
- This position will include admitting patients in the five counties served by Kansas City Hospice: Johnson, Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Douglas & Miami, in addition to occasional admits in Missouri.
- The candidate will also support RN Case Managers in a float capacity by making periodic nursing visits in the home setting.
- We promote work life balance
- 24/7 support from our full-time Board Certified physicians and APRNs, Chaplains and Social Workers
- Interdisciplinary team work to support outstanding patient and family care
Position Description:
The RN Float/Admission nurse reports to a Kansas City Hospice Team Manager. He/she is responsible for making visits as needed to support the IDT in providing care to patients and families. This position is expected to develop competence and work as needed throughout the organization.
The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Requirements:
- Current Kansas and Missouri RN license.
- Minimum of one year experience in caring for actively dying patients preferred.
- Home Health or Hospice experience preferred.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Licensed drivers with reliable transportation and auto insurance.
- CPR certification required.
- Good interpersonal and communications skills are required.
Our Benefit Offerings Include:
Insurance: Medical Insurance HRA, Dental, Vision, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Voluntary Life, Short and Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness, Pre-Paid Legal and Identity Theft, Pet Insurance
Time Off: Generous PTO accrual program, Generous Bereavement Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Day
Tuition Assistance and Reimbursement Programs:
- Tuition Assistance
- Additionally 2-Year Loan Assistance Agreement
- Federal Student Loan (Perkins Loan) Forgiveness: As a Benefit of working at Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, a qualified employer non-profit organization, you may be eligible for student loan forgiveness. Contact your lender for additional information.
- Career Growth and Annual Scholarship opportunities including Certified Hospice Palliative Nurse (CHPN) reimbursement, Company paid CEU’s and ongoing training
And More!!!: Company Paid Employee Assistance Program offering 10 sessions per year, per event, Smart Shopper Healthcare Consumer Savings Program, Flexible Spending Account, Mileage Reimbursement, 403b Retirement Savings Plan and Company Match, Wellness Plan Discounts to include monthly incentives for participation and discounted gym memberships, Free Monthly Online Yoga Class, Generous Employee Referral Program
** All benefits are available to regular full-time employees hired to work 60 hours or more per pay period, benefits offered differ for PT employees
Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We don’t just accept differences—we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our community. Our diversity defines us. It binds us. It makes us great.
