Hospice Director of Nursing (RN) $5000 Sign On Bonus
About The Position
Phoenix Home Care & Hospice is seeking a Hospice Director of Nursing (DON), RN to lead their clinical team in Overland Park and the surrounding Kansas City area. This role offers an opportunity to lead talented clinicians while ensuring patients and families receive exceptional hospice, end-of-life, palliative, and comfort care. The position involves leading hospice clinical operations and patient care services, supervising, mentoring, and developing the clinical team, ensuring quality patient-centered care, overseeing clinical documentation, chart audits, quality, and compliance. The DON will also ensure compliance with Medicare hospice regulations, state requirements, and CHAP standards, support hospice admissions, assessments, recertifications, and plans of care, and collaborate with physicians, patients, families, and the hospice interdisciplinary team (IDG). Additionally, the role includes supporting clinicians through education, onboarding, and clinical guidance, completing patient visits as needed, and building strong relationships with referral partners and community providers.
Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Minimum 2 years of hospice or skilled home health leadership experience
- Strong knowledge of hospice nursing, end-of-life care, Medicare hospice requirements, and clinical compliance
- Strong leadership, communication, and team development skills
- Passion for compassionate, high-quality patient care
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a Hospice DON, Hospice Clinical Director, Hospice Clinical Manager, Hospice RN Case Manager, or Hospice RN preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead hospice clinical operations and patient care services
- Supervise, mentor, and develop Hospice RNs, LPNs, CNAs, and clinical staff
- Ensure quality patient-centered hospice and end-of-life care
- Oversee clinical documentation, chart audits, quality, and compliance
- Ensure compliance with Medicare hospice regulations, state requirements, and CHAP standards
- Support hospice admissions, assessments, recertifications, and plans of care
- Collaborate with physicians, patients, families, and the hospice interdisciplinary team (IDG)
- Support clinicians through education, onboarding, and clinical guidance
- Complete patient visits as needed
- Build strong relationships with referral partners and community providers
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Spousal Insurance
- PTO
- Paid Mileage
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Competitive Compensation
- Customized Orientation & Training
- Supportive Leadership Team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
