Hospice Registered Nurse - full time

Home Health & Hospice Care•Merrimack, NH

21h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time Registered Nurse (RN) opening in the hospice division, serving patients in their own homes or facilities/nursing homes for Home Health & Hospice Care. The primary function involves admissions, with additional visits as needed. The organization emphasizes a positive work-life balance, a culture of respect, compassion, and support, and offers a flexible schedule. Nurses have the ability to work autonomously once trained, with exceptional team support from a highly skilled Manager and Team Lead specializing in hospice/end-of-life care. Hospice care is presented as a specialty line of nursing with growth possibilities. The role is 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with weekend and holiday rotation. The company offers competitive pay, 403b with matching and annual core contributions, supportive management, paid training, mileage reimbursement, and state-of-the-art equipment. They utilize EPIC for electronic medical records. Service areas include patient homes in Southern New Hampshire, specifically the greater Merrimack, Nashua, and Manchester communities. The company values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Associate degree in nursing.
Registered as RN with New Hampshire’s Board of Nursing.
A minimum of one year recent acute care experience.
Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
Once fully trained minimum requirements is one weekend a month.
1 winter and 1 summer agency holidays required.
CPR Certification.
Satisfactory criminal record.
Satisfactory motor vehicle record.

Nice To Haves

EPIC experience preferred, willing to train!
Bachelor degree in nursing.
Community Health/Education experience.
Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care, Oncology or end-of-life experience is preferred, but willing to train the right candidate.
EMR software proficiency.
Registered as a RN with New Hampshire’s Board of Nursing.

Responsibilities

Completes an initial home health assessment of patient and family to determine hospice care needs.
Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
Utilizes the nursing process in planning, providing and evaluating skilled needs.
Completes a comprehensive patient assessment.
Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions.
Includes the patient and family on the planning and revising process.