Pediatric Respite RN | PRN

Overview

Awarded Best Quality of Care — Once Again! Behind every award is a story, and ours is written every day by more than 900 dedicated employees and hundreds of compassionate volunteers who walk alongside patients and families when they need us most.

At Community Hospice & Palliative Care, we’re honored to once again be recognized with the Hospice Honors award, a testament not just to our clinical excellence, but to the compassion we bring to every bedside, every home, every conversation. Every day, we serve approximately 1,500 patients living with advanced illness, wherever they call home, be it a private residence, a long-term care or assisted living facility, a hospital, or in one of our nine inpatient care centers.

We’re here to improve quality of life, to ease pain and lift burdens, and to be the Compassionate Guide that families need when time matters most. And most importantly, as the only non-profit hospice provider in the region, we never turn anyone away due to an inability to pay.

Pediatric Respite RN provides in-home healthcare support to pediatric patients, focusing on symptom management, patient and family education, and care coordination. The nurse delivers skilled nursing services during respite shifts, performs ongoing patient assessments, and ensures compliance with home health regulations.

PRN Status
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Available to work a minimum of four (4) days/shifts a month; no on-call

Shift Length
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Usually 4-8 hours each

Locations
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Primarily Duval County (may include Nassau, Baker, Clay, or St. Johns)

Compensation
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Base Salary $35/hour + mileage

• Follows Plan of Care and Medication Administration as ordered by the physician, to include nursing interventions, medication administration and treatments, bathing, transferring, feeding, teaching, death/discharge process.
• Completes documentation in the home, specific to the care, interventions performed, and medications administered, hourly and as needed throughout the care provided. Documentation will include post-mortem care and destruction of medications at the time of death, if applicable.
• Communicates with manager/director if any problems, complaints, concerns related to the patient/patient care/services.
• Adheres to all infection control and patient confidentiality policies and complaint process to the Florida Department of Health.

• Any combination of education and experience that would provide required skills and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:
• Possession of a degree from a diploma nursing program, 2-year Associate Degree, or bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• CPR certification; licensed as a State of Florida registered nurse
• Minimum of two (2) years nursing experience, ideally with two years of recent pediatric nursing

• Principles and practices of pediatric nursing
• Completing accurate physical assessments
• Ability to work within framework of varying patients’ home environments and locations

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