Registered Nurse

Gentiva Hospice • Winfield, KS

12d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (Hospice RN / RN Case Manager) provides personalized hospice and palliative nursing care to patients with life-limiting illnesses and supports their families. Care is delivered in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, or other institutional settings. The RN serves as a primary contact for patients and families, performs comprehensive assessments, provides skilled nursing interventions and symptom management, and develops and updates individualized plans of care.

The role involves coordinating with an interdisciplinary team and appropriate providers, educating patients and caregivers, communicating changes in patient condition, and maintaining timely and accurate clinical records. The RN also supports continuity of care and transitions between services or levels of care, participates in on-call activities as applicable, and contributes to quality, scheduling, compliance, and team collaboration initiatives. This is a safety-sensitive position.

Requirements

• 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 license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment.
• CPR certification.
• Current automobile insurance and a valid driver’s license.
• Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families, hospice, hospice disciplines, community resources, general nursing practice, managed-care principles, and regulatory guidelines such as Medicare, Medicaid, and ACHC.
• Excellent patient assessment skills and oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of documentation and program management.
• Ability to support patients and families during crises and to communicate effectively with people of all socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Flexibility, maturity, cooperation, tact, and the ability to shift among varied tasks without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Ability to operate nursing assessment tools, computers, facsimile equipment, copier, and cell phone or beeper.
• Must have and maintain transportation for work.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice or palliative care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments, including in-person and telephonic assessments or screenings, and provide education as appropriate.
• Deliver skilled nursing interventions and symptom management aligned with patients’ goals of care.
• Develop and update individualized plans of care, including visit frequency, based on patient needs and identified risks.
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team members and consult with physicians and nurse practitioners.
• Educate patients, family members, and caregivers about disease processes, self-care, end-of-life care, medications, nutrition, and dietary needs.
• Communicate changes in condition and signs or symptoms of decline to appropriate providers.
• Support continuity of care by recognizing and supporting appropriate home health, palliative, and hospice referrals and transitions between levels of care.
• Document screening and assessment findings, physician orders, progress notes, and care plans in a timely manner.
• Maintain effective working relationships with the interdisciplinary group and involve the team when care plans warrant collaboration.
• Participate in on-call and patient support activities as applicable, providing clinically competent and responsive service.
• Provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support to patients and loved ones, including education, comfort, and bereavement guidance.
• Teach caregivers safe and confident care techniques and explain medication administration, hospice philosophy and services, symptom and pain management, and end-of-life processes.
• Follow infection-control, regulatory, policy, and compliance standards.
• Support quality-improvement and scheduling initiatives.

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 benefits, including pet, critical illness, accident, and long-term care coverage, for full-time associates

What This Job Offers

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