Hospice Registered Nurse

Gentiva Hospice • Jackson, TN

5d

About The Position

The Hospice Registered Nurse (RN Case Manager) provides skilled, personalized hospice nursing care to patients with life-limiting illnesses and supports their families and caregivers. The RN serves as a primary point of contact throughout the hospice journey, delivering care in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, or other institutional settings. Care includes comprehensive assessments, symptom management, individualized care planning, patient and caregiver education, emotional support, and coordination with an interdisciplinary team.

The nurse documents clinical services and patient status, communicates changes in condition to appropriate providers, supports transitions between levels of care, and participates in on-call and patient-support activities as applicable. The role requires sound clinical judgment, compassion, flexibility, effective communication, and compliance with clinical, regulatory, and organizational standards. The position is safety-sensitive and involves travel between care settings.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse.
• Current license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment.
• At least one year of RN experience in acute-care hospital, oncology, long-term care, hospice, or home health; school internships and clinical hours may be considered in individual cases.
• Current CPR certification.
• Current automobile insurance and a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to maintain transportation for work.
• Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families, hospice, hospice disciplines, community resources, and general nursing practice.
• Excellent patient-assessment skills.
• Knowledge of managed-care principles and regulatory guidelines, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACHC.
• Good oral and written communication, documentation, and program-management skills.
• Ability to provide sensitive, tactful support to patients and families dealing with end-of-life issues and crisis.
• Ability to adapt to changing tasks without loss of efficiency or composure and communicate effectively with people from varied socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Maturity, cooperation, flexibility, and tact in working with coworkers and hospice team members.
• Ability to operate nursing assessment tools, computers, fax machines, copiers, and cell phones or beepers.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice or palliative-care experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for hospice patients and their families.
• Perform comprehensive initial and ongoing patient assessments and reassessments, including in-person or telephonic assessments and screenings.
• Deliver skilled nursing interventions and symptom management in accordance with each patient’s goals of care and individualized plan of care.
• Develop and update individualized plans of care, including visit frequency and identification of patient needs and risks.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about disease processes, self-care, end-of-life care, medications, nutrition, hospice services, and symptom and pain management.
• Teach caregivers to provide safe, confident care and offer emotional support and reassurance.
• Coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurse practitioners, LPNs, CNAs, social workers, chaplains, and other team members.
• Communicate changes in condition and signs or symptoms of decline to appropriate providers.
• Support continuity of care, referrals, and transitions among home health, palliative care, hospice, and different levels of care.
• Maintain timely, accurate clinical records, including assessment findings, physician orders, progress notes, and care plans.
• Follow infection-control, regulatory, and organizational compliance standards.
• Maintain effective working relationships with the interdisciplinary group and involve the team when needed to achieve care-plan outcomes.
• Participate in on-call and patient-support activities as applicable, providing clinically competent and responsive service.
• Support quality-improvement and scheduling initiatives and contribute to team collaboration and patient and caregiver satisfaction.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• National and local recognition programs.
• Teammate Assistance Fund.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time associates.
• Mileage reimbursement or fleet vehicle program for full-time associates.
• Generous paid time off and seven paid holidays for full-time associates.
• Wellness programs, including telemedicine, diabetes management, and joint and spine concierge care, for full-time associates.
• Education support and tuition assistance for ASN-to-BSN and BSN-to-MSN programs for full-time associates.
• Free continuing education units for full-time associates.
• Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance for full-time associates.
• Voluntary pet, critical illness, accident, and long-term care benefits for full-time associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed