Description
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to join our hospice care team. In this role, you will provide holistic, patient-centered care to individuals with terminal illnesses, ensuring comfort, dignity, and quality of life during their end-of-life journey.
As a Hospice Nurse, you will assume responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care plans. You will utilize the nursing process, incorporating advanced technology, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practices, and seamless coordination with an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
Your expertise and empathetic approach will support not only the patients but also their families, offering guidance and emotional support during this critical time.
What does it mean to be a part of our Hospice team? Home is where families gather, memories are cherished, and comfort is found. As a Hospice Nurse, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring patients receive exceptional care in the setting they cherish most,their home.
Enhance your career by learning unique skills such as wound care, injection and medication administration, IV monitoring, and patient/caregiver education.
Why Work With Us:
- Make an Impact: Build meaningful relationships while caring for patients in the comfort of their homes.
- Practice Independently: Enjoy autonomy in your day while having the support of a collaborative healthcare team.
- Grow Your Skills: Gain hands-on experience in wound care, medication management, IV therapy, and other home health services.
- Consistent Schedule: Work three 12-hour shifts each weekend, Friday through Sunday, 8:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m., leaving your weekdays open.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive Pay Rate based on experience
- Incentives: Annual caregiver incentive and a $500 referral bonus
- Opportunities for Professional Development through training and certification programs
Minimum Qualifications:
- License: Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)
- Experience: RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.*
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers
- Valid driver’s license with reliable transportation, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance
- Effective Communication Skills – Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with patients, families, and healthcare teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- One year of RN experience in Acute Care, Home Health, or Hospice settings
- Experience in Wound Care, IV Therapy, or Medication Management
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
- Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.