Hospice RN Case Manager
About The Position
This Hospice RN Case Manager role offers a high-impact path in the Kingsville / Corpus Christi area. You will support hospice patients in their homes and care settings across South Texas, providing compassionate end-of-life nursing care with the backing of an interdisciplinary hospice team. This is a field-based role for an RN who is comfortable traveling locally, assessing patients independently, coordinating care plans, and communicating clearly with patients, families, physicians, and the hospice team. This is a strong fit for a hospice RN case manager, home health RN, field nurse, or experienced clinical RN who wants to move into meaningful end-of-life care.
Requirements
- Active, unrestricted RN license
- Comfortable working full-time in a field-based hospice role
- Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and ability to travel across the assigned territory
- Strong clinical assessment skills and nursing judgment
- Comfort with EMR documentation and timely charting
- Strong communication skills with patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members
- Compassionate, steady approach to end-of-life care
- Willingness to participate in a shared on-call rotation
- Ability to serve patients throughout the Kingsville / Corpus Christi area
Nice To Haves
- Hospice RN Case Manager experience
- Home health field nursing experience
- Experience managing a patient caseload
- Experience with hospice admissions, plan-of-care updates, symptom management, and interdisciplinary team coordination
- Experience communicating with families during serious illness or end-of-life care
- Stable work history, ideally averaging longer tenure across recent roles
- Hospice experience is preferred, but strong transferable nursing backgrounds will be considered.
- Home health nursing
- ER or ICU nursing
- Skilled nursing facility, nursing home, or long-term care nursing
- Field-based care or case management
- Serious-illness, terminal-illness, or high-acuity patient care
- If you are newer to hospice, you should be able to clearly explain why hospice care is the right next step for you and demonstrate comfort supporting patients and families through end-of-life situations.
Responsibilities
- Manage a hospice patient caseload throughout the assigned Kingsville / Corpus Christi territory
- Conduct initial and ongoing nursing assessments
- Create, update, and carry out individualized hospice plans of care
- Monitor patient condition, symptoms, medication needs, and changes in disease progression
- Provide nursing support focused on comfort, dignity, and quality of life
- Educate patients and families on symptom management, medication management, disease progression, and end-of-life expectations
- Communicate changes in patient condition clearly and promptly with families, physicians, and the hospice team
- Support families with calm, practical, compassionate guidance during the hospice journey
- Help patients receive reliable care in the setting that best supports their comfort and goals
- Collaborate with social workers, chaplains, aides, medical directors, physicians, and clinical leadership
- Participate in care planning and interdisciplinary team coordination
- Escalate clinical concerns appropriately and support timely updates to the plan of care
- Maintain accurate, complete, and timely documentation in the EMR
- Travel daily within the assigned service area
- Provide care in patient homes, facilities, and other community settings
- Participate in shared on-call coverage and help support urgent after-hours patient needs when scheduled
Benefits
- Base salary range: $80,000–$83,000, plus benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
