Hospice Weekend RN​/LPN

Hospice RN/LPN – Weekend & After-Hours

If you are looking for a meaningful nursing career where you can make a difference one life at a time, Grace Hospice may be the right place for you.

At Grace Hospice, we provide professional care with a personal touch. Our focus is on the patient and family—not the disease—with an emphasis on comfort, dignity, quality of life, and compassionate end-of-life care.

As a nonprofit hospice organization, Grace Hospice remains grounded in the original roots of hospice care by supporting the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of patients and families throughout the end-of-life journey.

We are seeking a compassionate, dependable Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join our hospice team and provide skilled nursing support to patients and families during weekend and after-hours shifts.

LPN: $28.00–$35.00 per hour
RN: $39.90–$44.23 per hour

The Hospice RN/LPN works collaboratively with the triage nurse and interdisciplinary hospice team to provide skilled nursing visits to patients and families requiring after-hours support.

This position responds to patient needs in the home or care setting, identifies and reports changes in condition, assists with symptom management, provides patient and caregiver education, and communicates with the hospice care team to help ensure patients and families receive timely and compassionate care.

Responsibilities are performed within the nurse's applicable scope of practice, licensure, and Grace Hospice policies and procedures.

Saturday and Sunday shifts are available.

Successful team members demonstrate our core values:

Excellence
We anticipate the needs of our patients and families and strive to deliver exceptional care by going above and beyond expectations.

Kindness
We distinguish ourselves by being compassionate, considerate, respectful, and generous in the way we care for patients, families, and one another.

Teamwork
We work respectfully and collaboratively to create the best possible end-of-life experience for our patients and families while supporting a positive work environment for our team.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

• Current and unrestricted Minnesota RN or LPN license

• Minimum of three years of recent nursing experience in acute care, long-term care, home care, hospice, or public health preferred

• Strong patient care, observation, care planning, and patient/family education skills appropriate to scope of practice

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong critical-thinking and clinical decision-making abilities

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with the interdisciplinary team

• Ability to recognize changes in patient condition and communicate concerns promptly

• Current Minnesota driver's license and automobile insurance

• Daily access to a dependable vehicle for patient visits

• Basic computer proficiency and ability to complete electronic clinical documentation

• Compassionate, dependable, and comfortable supporting patients and families during end-of-life care

• Provide compassionate, respectful, and professional care to patients and families.

• Collaborate closely with the triage nurse and complete face-to-face patient visits as directed based on patient and clinical needs.

• Observe and assess patients within the nurse's scope of practice for changes in condition, symptom-management needs, and other clinical concerns.

• Provide skilled nursing interventions within the nurse's scope of practice to promote patient comfort and quality of life.

• Promptly communicate significant findings, changes in condition, patient or family concerns, and changes in the care environment to the appropriate…