Registered Nurse, Hospice

OhioHealth

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the OhioHealth Hospice team as a Hospice Registered Nurse at Kobacker House and make a meaningful impact by supporting patients and families through compassionate end-of-life care. In this role, you’ll coordinate individualized care plans, conduct patient assessments, and provide education and guidance that helps patients remain comfortable. Your clinical expertise and ability to build trusting relationships will play a vital part in supporting symptom management, safety, and dignity for those we serve. As a key member of an interdisciplinary care team, you will collaborate with physicians, social workers, chaplains, aides, and navigators to ensure seamless communication and holistic support for patients and their loved ones. This role is ideal for nurses who value critical thinking, strong organization skills, and meaningful patient care. Hospice experience is helpful, but strong candidates may also come from backgrounds such as home health, oncology, palliative care, or other roles requiring high-touch patient coordination. Nurses who thrive in this role are resilient, empathetic, and confident in navigating complex patient needs while partnering closely with families during an important stage of care. If you're looking for a role where your presence, clinical judgment, and compassion truly make a difference, Inpatient Hospice Nursing at OhioHealth may be the perfect fit! Join the OhioHealth team as a hospice Registered Nurse and experience one on one compassionate patient care and a flexible schedule. Hospice RNs work with an interdisciplinary team to care for patients in the home or facility setting. Come join an amazing hospice team where we have a fair and reasonable weekend rotation, full benefits, and have a flexible schedule with limited on-call. Hospice RNs provide holistic care to achieve dignity in end-of-life care to patients and families in collaboration with the patient’s provider. Our RNs are accountable to practice within the scope of practice outlined by the Ohio Board of Nursing.

Requirements

Associate's Degree (Required)
DL - Driver's License - Department of Motor Vehicles
RN - Registered Nurse - Ohio Board of Nursing
State Driver's License.
Knowledge of homecare nursing, home intravenous therapy, Medicare regulations, JCAHO standards, home care reimbursement, and basic personal computer skills.

Nice To Haves

Hospice experience is helpful, but strong candidates may also come from backgrounds such as home health, oncology, palliative care, or other roles requiring high-touch patient coordination.

Responsibilities

Provides direct patient care in accordance with Home Care policies and specified procedures and evaluation of patient/caregiver response to institutions.
Demonstrates and provides comprehensive documentation of services rendered.
Proficiency in the performance of procedures and equipment.
Assesses potential safety issues, both for patient and Home Care staff.
Gathers baseline data and records assessment in patients Electronic Medical Records (EMR); identifies problems, develops patient specific goals, and develops a Plan of Care (POC) with collaboration of the intradisciplinary care team based on physician orders and patient collaboration and establishes realistic patient outcomes of care.
Continuously assesses patients and changing needs.
Notifies physician with any change.
Provides coordination of services with the intradisciplinary team other Home Care departments, subsidiaries, and community resources.
Completes documentation in a timely manner and within policy guidelines completes addendum orders the day the order is given.
Updates POC when order is given.
Documents all phone calls to physicians.
Engagement and taking an active role in development and the betterment of the associate and the organization
Completion of duties as assigned that pertain to compliance, quality, culture, and excellence of the organization
As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.