About This Role
This nursing role focuses on providing personalized and meaningful hospice and palliative care to patients facing life-limiting illnesses. The Hospice Registered Nurse acts as the primary point of contact for patients and families, guiding them through their hospice journey with dignity, comfort, and love.
Responsibilities
- Be 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 home, assisted living, or wherever they call home
- 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 not just to the patient, but to their loved ones as well—offering education, comfort, and bereavement guidance
- Teach caregivers how to care for their loved one safely and confidently, offering both practical training and emotional 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 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, End-of-life processes and expectations
Requirements
- Registered Nurse
- A minimum of one (1) year experience as an RN, either in acute care hospital, oncology, long-term care, hospice or home health (school internships and clinical hours may be considered as experience in individual cases)
- 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 along with understanding of hospice
- Ability to apply knowledge of the special needs of hospice patient and families
- Knowledge of roles of all disciplines providing hospice services
- Excellent patient assessment skills
- Knowledge of community resources
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Documentation and program management
- Knowledge of general nursing practice
- Thorough knowledge of managed care principles, regulatory guidelines (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, ACHC, and human resource management principles)
