Registered Nurse; RN - Hospice

Role

Registered Nurse (RN) Hospice – Lynchburg, Virginia

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 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 homes, assisted living, or other settings.
• 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 to patients and their loved ones, offering education, comfort, and bereavement guidance.
• Teach caregivers how to safely and confidently care for their loved one, providing practical training and 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 consistent, compassionate, and efficient care.
• Help patients and families understand and navigate topics such as medication administration, hospice philosophy, symptom and pain management, and end‑of‑life processes and expectations.

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments—including in‑person and telephonic RN assessments/screenings—and provide education to patients, family members, and caregivers.
• 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 and signs of decline to the appropriate provider (e.g., NP, PCP, Hospice Physician).
• Support the continuity of care by recognizing and supporting home health, palliative and hospice referrals, as well as 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 the interdisciplinary group, involving the team when a patient’s care plan warrants their participation.
• Participate in on‑call and patient support activities, providing 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 interdisciplinary group activity

Registered Nurse

A minimum of one (1) year experience as an RN in acute care hospital, oncology, long‑term care, hospice, or home health. School internships and clinical hours may be considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Hospice or palliative care experience preferred.

• Current license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment
• CPR Certification
• Current automobile insurance and valid driver’s license

Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families, understanding hospice…