Registered Nurse; RN - Hospice

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.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for patients and families, guiding them through their hospice journey.
• Deliver and document skilled, hands‑on nursing care based on each patient’s individualized plan of care—including in‑home, assisted‑living, or other settings.
• Conduct initial and ongoing assessments, monitor patient condition and adjust care as needed.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team (physicians, LPNs, CNAs, social workers, chaplains, etc.) to build and refine personalized care plans.
• Provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support to patients and their loved ones, offering education, comfort, and bereavement guidance.
• Train caregivers on safe and confident care for their loved one, providing practical training and emotional reassurance.
• Communicate important updates in patient condition to the care team to ensure timely and appropriate interventions.
• Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date clinical documentation and follow infection control and compliance standards.
• Support 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, and end‑of‑life processes and expectations.

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments (in‑person or telephonic) 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 changes in condition or signs of decline to appropriate provider (e.g., NP, PCP, hospice physician).
• Support continuity of care by recognizing and supporting home‑health, palliative and hospice referrals and 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 teams when patient’s care plan warrants 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.

• 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 and IDG activities

• Education: Registered Nurse (RN)
• Experience: Minimum of one (1) year as an RN in acute care hospital, oncology, long‑term care, hospice or home health. Hospice or palliative care experience preferred.
• Licenses, Certifications, and Registration: Current state nursing license; CPR certification; valid driver’s license and automobile insurance.
• Specialized Knowledge and
  
  Skills:
  
  Knowledge of terminally ill patients and families; understanding of hospice roles and needs; excellent patient assessment skills; knowledge of community resources; strong oral and written communication; documentation and program management; knowledge of general nursing practice; thorough knowledge of managed care principles, regulatory guidelines (Medicare,…