**Overview**
**Registered Nurse - RN - FT - Mon-Fri - Dayshift**
**Lead with Heart. Be the Difference. Transform End-of-Life Care.**
Join our company, where every day is an opportunity to deliver personalized, meaningful hospice and palliative care to patients facing life-limiting illness. We support patients and their families with dignity, comfort, and love.
**What You'll Do as a Hospice RN / RN Case Manager:**
+ Be the primary point of contact for patients and families, guiding them through every step of their hospice journey.
+ Deliver and document skilled, hands-on nursing care based on each patient's individualized Plan of Care-in their home, assisted living, or wherever they call home.
+ Perform initial and ongoing assessments to monitor patient condition and adjust care as needed.
+ Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team-including physicians, LPNs, CNAs, social workers, chaplains, and others-to build and refine personalized care plans.
+ Provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support not just to the patient, but to their loved ones as well-offering education, comfort, and bereavement guidance.
+ Teach caregivers how to care for their loved one safely and confidently, offering both practical training and emotional reassurance.
+ Communicate important updates in patient condition to the care team, ensuring timely and appropriate interventions.
+ Maintain accurate, up-to-date clinical documentation and follow infection control and compliance standards.
+ Support the organization's quality improvement and scheduling initiatives to ensure care is consistent, compassionate, and efficient.
+ Help patients and families understand and navigate topics such as:
* Medication administration
* Hospice philosophy and services
* Symptom and pain management
* End-of-life processes and expectations
Compensation may vary within the salary range provided based on several factors, including but not limited to a candidate's geographic location, experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and department equity. Gentiva provides associates with a comprehensive Total Rewards package, of which base pay is just one component.
**Salary Range: $82,000 -$92,000**
**Essential Functions**
**Job Responsibilities**
+ Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments including in-person/telephonic RN assessments/screenings and provide education to patients, family members and caregivers as appropriate.
+ Deliver skilled nursing interventions and symptom management aligned with goals of care.
+ Develop and update individualized plans of care including patient visit frequency to meet individual needs and risk identification.
+ Coordinate care across interdisciplinary teams including consultation with physicians and nurse partitioners.
+ Provide patient and caregiver education regarding disease process, self-care techniques, end-of-life care, medications, nutrition and dietary needs.
+ Communicate change in condition, or signs and symptoms of decline to appropriate provider (e.g., NP, PCP, Hospice Physician).
+ Support the continuity of care by recognizing and supporting home health, palliative and hospice referrals as appropriate and recognizing and supporting transitions in levels of care.
+ Document timely clinical records on all patients including screening/assessment findings, physician orders, progress notes, and care plans.
+ Maintain effective working relationships with IDG, and involve team when patient's care plan warrants team participation to achieve desired outcome.
+ Participate in on-call and patient support activities as applicable, conducting on-call services in a clinically competent and responsive manner.
**Core Competencies**
+ Clinical excellence and sound judgment
+ Patient-centered communication and empathy
+ Interdisciplinary collaboration
+ Accountability and regulatory compliance
+ Adaptability and critical thinking
+ Timeliness of patient visits and documentation
+ Accuracy and completeness of clinical records
+ Patient and caregiver satisfaction
+ Compliance with regulatory and policy standards
+ Participation in team collaboration and IDG activities
**About You**
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
**Education:**
+ Registered Nurse
**Experience:**
+ A minimum of one (1) year experience as an RN, either in acute care hospital, oncology, long-term care, hospice or home health. School internships and clinical hours may be considered as experience in individual cases.
+ Hospice or palliative care experience preferred
**Licenses, Certifications and/or Registration:**
+ Current license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment
+ CPR Certification
+ Current automobile insurance and valid driver's license
**Specialized Knowledge and Skills:**
+ Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families along with understanding of hospice; ability to apply knowledge of the special needs of hospice patient and families; knowledge of roles of all disciplines providing hospice services; excellent patient assessment skills; knowledge of community resources; good oral and written communication skills; documentation and program management; knowledge of general nursing practice; thorough knowledge of managed care principles, regulatory guidelines (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, ACHC, and human resource management principles).
**Working Conditions:**
+ Patient's homes and/or institutional setting and automobile. Potential exposure to infections, communicable diseases, odors, blood, excreta and hazardous materials.
**Personal Traits, Qualities and Aptitudes:**
+ Sensitivity to the impact of life and death issues faced by individuals with terminal illness; tact in dealing with these patients and their families; ability to support others at a time of crisis. Must be able to demonstrate flexibility by performing a variety of tasks, often changing from one to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure. Communicate effectively with people of all socioeconomic backgrounds. Responsible functioning in the work place, maturity, cooperation, flexibility, tact in dealing with co-workers and all members of the hospice team.
**Equipment/Tools/Work-Aids:**
+ Must be able to effectively operate nursing assessment tools, computers, facsimile equipment, copier and cell phone/beeper. Must have and maintain transportation to be used for work.
**We Offer**
**Benefits for All Associates (Full-Time, Part-Time & Per Diem):**
+ Competitive Pay
+ 401(k) with Company Match
+ Career Advancement Opportunities
+ National & Local Recognition Programs
+ Teammate Assistance Fund
**Additional Full-Time Benefits:**
+ Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
+ Mileage Reimbursement or Fleet Vehicle Program
+ Generous Paid Time Off + 7 Paid Holidays
+ Wellness Programs (Telemedicine, Diabetes Management, Joint & Spine Concierge Care)
+ Education Support & Tuition Assistance (ASN to BSN, BSN to MSN)
+ Free Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
+ Company-paid Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance
+ Voluntary Benefits (Pet, Critical Illness, Accident, LTC)
**Ready to Join a Team That Cares?**
Apply now to become part of our Hospice Nursing team and help make every moment count for our patients and their loved ones.
**Legalese**
+ This is a safety-sensitive position
+ Employee must meet minimum requirements to be eligible for benefits
+ Where applicable, employee must meet state specific requirements
+ We are proud to be an EEO employer
+ We maintain a drug-free workplace
ReqID:
Category: Registered Nurses
Position Type: Full-Time
Company: Gentiva Hospice