Registered Nurse

Regency SouthernCare Hospice • Kennesaw, GA

11d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides personalized hospice and palliative nursing care to patients with life-limiting illnesses and supports their families with dignity, comfort, and compassion. The RN serves as a primary point of contact, delivering skilled care in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, or other institutional settings. The role includes patient assessment, symptom management, individualized care planning, caregiver education, clinical documentation, and coordination with an interdisciplinary team. The RN also provides emotional, physical, and spiritual support to patients and loved ones, including guidance about hospice services, medications, pain and symptom management, and end-of-life expectations.

The position requires maintaining clinical records and compliance with infection-control, regulatory, and organizational standards; communicating changes in patient condition to appropriate providers; supporting transitions between care settings and levels of care; and participating in on-call and patient-support activities as applicable. The work takes place in patients’ homes or institutional settings and involves travel by automobile. This is a safety-sensitive position.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse with a 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.
• CPR certification.
• Current automobile insurance and a valid driver’s license.
• Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families and understanding of hospice care and their special needs.
• Knowledge of the roles of disciplines providing hospice services and of community resources.
• Excellent patient assessment skills and knowledge of general nursing practice.
• Good oral and written communication skills, documentation, and program-management capabilities.
• Thorough knowledge of managed-care principles and regulatory guidelines, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACHC.
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to end-of-life issues, tact, and support for patients and families during crises.
• Ability to perform varied tasks flexibly and maintain efficiency and composure as tasks change.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people of all socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Maturity, cooperation, flexibility, and tact in working with coworkers and hospice team members.
• Ability to operate nursing assessment tools, computers, facsimile equipment, copier, and cell phone or beeper.
• Ability to meet the essential duties satisfactorily.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice or palliative care experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments, including in-person and telephonic assessments or screenings.
• Provide education to patients, family members, and caregivers 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 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 the appropriate provider.
• Support continuity of care, including appropriate referrals and transitions among home health, palliative, hospice, and other levels of care.
• Maintain timely and accurate clinical records, including assessment findings, physician orders, progress notes, and care plans.
• Maintain effective working relationships with the interdisciplinary group and involve the team when warranted by the patient’s care plan.
• 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 bereavement guidance.
• Teach caregivers safe care techniques and provide practical training and emotional reassurance.
• Follow infection-control, regulatory, policy, and compliance standards.
• Support organizational quality-improvement and scheduling initiatives.
• Use nursing assessment tools, computers, facsimile equipment, copier, and cell phone or beeper as needed.
• Maintain transportation for work-related use.

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, including ASN-to-BSN and BSN-to-MSN pathways, 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: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed