Hospice Field Staff RN​/Case Manager

Hospice Field Staff RN/Case Manager

Hospice of Southern Illinois is a not-for-profit, free-standing, community-based hospice offering Southern Illinois and St. Louis Metro-East communities a range of services for people of all ages at the end of life. We have been providing compassionate care to terminally ill patients and their families in their home or a home-like setting since 1981. We continue our mission to enhance the quality of life for individuals and their loved ones touched by a terminal illness.

Our reputation is a result of our desire to do more than what is required or expected. A career in hospice care at Hospice of Southern Illinois is a calling. Is it calling you? We are currently hiring for a Hospice Field Staff RN/Case Manager position based out of our Belleville, IL office.

• The Staff Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing patient/family/caregiver needs, planning care, implementing the Plan of Care, and evaluating effectiveness.
• Pay: $39.21 hourly, full‑time, 40 hours weekly / 80 hours bi‑weekly.
• Schedule:
  
  Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–5:00 PM, with a rotational on‑call schedule that includes evening, weekends, and holidays. On‑call is limited.
• Location:
  
  Based at the Belleville Patient Services Office, serving St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, and Washington counties.
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation are required; mileage reimbursement is $0.70 per mile.
• Benefits: paid time off, extended illness benefits, health, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 403(b) retirement plan.
• By applying, you consent to be contacted via phone, text, or email.

• Graduate of a state‑approved school of nursing.
• Associate Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing required.

• One year experience in hospice preferred.

• Current Illinois nursing license.
• Certification in hospice and palliative care preferred.
• CPR certification preferred.
• Leadership, managerial, clinical assessment, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid, hospice regulations, and third‑party payor expectations.
• Reliable transportation.

• Maintain a caseload of patients.
• Provide direct patient care, including on‑call after‑hours support.
• Perform assessments, medication reviews, symptom and pain evaluation; enter medication orders and obtain physicians’ orders.
• Communicate findings to the interdisciplinary team via phone, encrypted text, and IDT meetings.
• Review and update the Plan of Care each visit.
• Supervise Hospice Aide plan of care, ensuring visits every 14 days per Medicare regulation.
• Provide patient and family education on disease progression and symptom management.
• Identify and address physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Document assessment details timely, following policies.
• Oversee Licensed Practical Nurse activities.
• Participate in on‑call triage, emergency decision‑making, and crisis response.
• Offer emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial support, establishing therapeutic relationships.
• Share updates at IDT meetings at least every 15 days.
• Collaborate with team, embrace change, manage stress, maintain positive attitude.
• Contribute to referrals, QAPI activities, and performance improvement.
• Be a self‑starter, flexible, motivated, and meet deadlines; complete required education on time.
• Incorporate core values; manage paid time off and complete timesheet documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Perform repetitive tasks such as bathing, transferring, lifting (up to 100 lbs.) and turning.
• Work 20 % office time in an air‑conditioned environment and 80 % traveling to patient homes.
• Potential exposure to odors, infectious fluids, heat, and traffic.
• Requires vision better than 20/20 over 20 feet, hearing alarms, ability to handle stress and work in distractions.

• Paid Time Off and Extended Illness Benefits.
• Medical insurance: 90 % employee premium, 15 % spouse/children premium.
• Dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 403(b) retirement plan with company match.
• Monthly cell phone allowance $36.
• Mileage reimbursement $0.70 per mile.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Tuition and student loan reimbursement $3,500 annually after one year of employment.
• University discounts:
  McKendree 10 %, SIUE 5 %.
• Recruitment referral reward program.
• Wellness reimbursement $200 annually.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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