What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inpatient RN Charge Nurse - FT Nights Kansas City Hospice House position at KANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE?
Inpatient RN Charge Nurse
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!
- A reasonable caseload that allows you to provide exceptional, high quality care while maintaining a good work life balance
- Night shift hours are 6:45 p.m. -7:15 a.m., NO ON CALL!
- Full time requirements are 36 hours, (3-12 hour shifts) a week, with weekend requirements.
- Evening and Weekend Pay Differential.
- Six (6) week schedule posted in advance.
- 24/7 support from our full-time Board Certified physicians and APRNs, Chaplains and Social Workers.
Position Description:
The Inpatient RN Charge Nurse functions as an integral member an interdisciplinary team, and works in collaboration with other Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care (KCH&PC) staff to provide leadership and support, ensuring exceptional service and quality of care for Hospice House patients and families
The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Requirements:
Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required, with motivation to work with the dying and bereaved. Valid, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in Kansas and Missouri required. One (1) to Two (2) years’ relevant work experience in caring for terminal patients and others with life threatening illnesses, required. Ability to demonstrate clinical judgment and decision making based on knowledge and skill in caring for patients with life-limiting illness, required. Prior, relevant work experience providing supervision, management and coordination of the work of others, preferred. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite, preferred. Prior working knowledge of Electronic Medical Systems (EMRs) required; prior experience with Suncoast preferred. Valid CPR certification 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.
Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination prior to beginning employment or a fully approved medical or religious exemption is required. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
