Hospice Registered Nurse

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Job Description Overview    Lead with Heart. Be the Difference. Transform End-of-Life Care.
Join our company, where every day is an opportunity to deliver personalized, meaningful hospice and palliative care to patients facing life-limiting illness. We support patients and their families with dignity, comfort, and love.
What You'll Do as a Hospice RN / RN Case Manager:

• Be the primary point of contact for patients and families, guiding them through every step of their hospice journey.  
• Deliver and document skilled, hands-on nursing care based on each patient’s individualized Plan of Care—in their home, assisted living, or wherever they call home.  
• Perform initial and ongoing assessments to monitor patient condition and adjust care as needed.  
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team—including physicians, LPNs, CNAs, social workers, chaplains, and others—to build and refine personalized care plans.  
• Provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support not just to the patient, but to their loved ones as well—offering education, comfort, and bereavement guidance.  
• Teach caregivers how to care for their loved one safely and confidently, offering both practical training and emotional reassurance.  
• Communicate important updates in patient condition to the care team, ensuring timely and appropriate interventions.  
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date clinical documentation and follow infection control and compliance standards.  
• Support the organization's quality improvement and scheduling initiatives to ensure care is consistent, compassionate, and efficient.  
• Help patients and families understand and navigate topics such as:

• Medication administration   
• Hospice philosophy and services   
• Symptom and pain management   
• End-of-life processes and expectations    Essential Functions    

Job Responsibilities    
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments including in-person/telephonic RN assessments/screenings and provide education to patients, family members and caregivers as appropriate.  
• Deliver skilled nursing interventions and symptom management aligned with goals of care.  
• Develop and update individualized plans of care including patient visit frequency to meet individual needs and risk identification.  
• Coordinate care across interdisciplinary teams including consultation with physicians and nurse partitioners.  
• Provide patient and caregiver education regarding disease process, self-care techniques, end-of-life care, medications, nutrition and dietary needs.  
• Communicate change in condition, or signs and symptoms of decline to appropriate provider (e.g., NP, PCP, Hospice Physician).  
• Support the continuity of care by recognizing and supporting home health, palliative and hospice referrals as appropriate and recognizing and supporting transitions in levels of care.  
• Document timely clinical records on all patients including screening/assessment findings, physician orders, progress notes, and care plans.  
• Maintain effective working relationships with IDG, and involve team when patient's care plan warrants team participation to achieve desired outcome.  
• Participate in on-call and patient support activities as applicable, conducting on-call services in a clinically competent and responsive manner.
Core Competencies    
• Clinical excellence and sound judgment  
• Patient-centered communication and empathy  
• Interdisciplinary collaboration  
• Accountability and regulatory compliance  
• Adaptability and critical thinking  
• Timeliness of patient visits and documentation  
• Accuracy and completeness of clinical records  
• Patient and caregiver satisfaction  
• Compliance with regulatory and policy standards  
• Participation in team collaboration…