Hospice Registered Nurse; RN-PRN

Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) – PRN

Locations:
Metairie, Kenner, Luling, Lakeview, New Orleans, Chalmette, Mandeville, Covington, and Slidell, Louisiana

As a PRN Hospice Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals in their home environment, supporting them through a meaningful and vulnerable journey. In this flexible role you will deliver skilled nursing care, manage symptoms, and offer comfort and emotional support to patients and their families—ensuring dignity, peace, and respect at the end of life. You will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team while exercising autonomy to make a personal impact with each visit.

• Salary: $38.00 - $40.00 per hour
• Schedule: PRN visits available
• 1:1 nurse-to-patient ratios where you have an impact
• Flexible assignments, autonomy, and work‑life balance
• Online training, growth, and ability to earn CEUs
• Tuition discounts through Rasmussen University

• Provide home-based care to patients with a prognosis of six months or less to live, focused on quality of life
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team comprised of a physician, LPN, CNA, HHA, social worker, chaplain, and volunteers to carry out the patient’s plan of care
• Perform patient assessments, check vitals, evaluate breathing, monitor pain, administer prescribed medication and treatments
• Ensure accessibility of medical equipment, prescribed oxygen, medication, and other supplies
• Educate family on the patient’s prognosis, changes in care plan, medication, and hospice goals
• Take a holistic approach to care that engages the patient’s mind, body, spirit, and family

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program and active RN license in Louisiana
• Minimum of 1 year of hospice nursing experience
• CPR certification
• Valid Louisiana driver’s license, auto insurance, and transportation
• Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations
• Clinical proficiency in nursing specialty, strong communication skills, and compassion

Interim Health Care is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.