Hospice Nurse - PRN

Hospice Registered Nurse

Join Novant Health as a Hospice Registered Nurse and provide compassionate, patient-centered care to hospice patients and their families in the comfort of home. In this role, you will deliver skilled nursing care, manage symptoms, provide education and emotional support, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure quality end-of-life care that promotes comfort, dignity, and quality of life.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care in accordance with physician orders and individualized care plans.
• Assess and manage patients' physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on symptom management and available resources.
• Coordinate care with physicians, social workers, hospice aides, chaplains, and other team members.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and ensure compliance with hospice standards and regulations.

Work Environment

This is a primarily field-based position providing hospice care in patients' homes throughout the service area. The Hospice RN works independently while collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team to deliver coordinated, high-quality care. Frequent local travel is required, and participation in on-call coverage may be required based on patient and business needs.

What We're Looking For

• Education: 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required; BSN preferred
• Experience: Two years direct patient care in medical surgical nursing, required. Previous home care or hospice experience, preferred.
• Licensure/Certification: Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.
• Additional Skills (required): Ability to provide direct patient care, demonstrate excellent nursing skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, and basic math skills.
• Understands hospice philosophy and issues of death/dying and demonstrates competency in pain and symptom management with EOL care.
• Ability to interpret information to identify each patient's requirements for care relative to his/her age specific needs.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and handle varying and unpredictable situation such as emergencies or crisis situations.
• Must be flexible, versatile, adaptable to change, with good critical thinking, problem solving and diplomacy skills.
• Knowledge of procedures and nursing standards of practice, both general and specific to the specialties of medical- surgical nursing.
• Ability to interact effectively with diverse individuals at all levels of authority, in teams and on committees.
• Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application.
• Must have computer experience and have reliable transportation to and from all work-related assignments and activities.
• Must be flexible to travel as needed between different locations, as assigned, in all weather conditions and on roads in varying degrees of repair.
• Must be available for afterhours call on rotational basis.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, night driving, and ability to adjust and focus.

Why Choose Novant Health?

At Novant Health, we believe remarkable care starts with compassion for our patients, our communities, and each other. We value belonging, courage, personal growth, and teamwork, creating a space where everyone is respected, supported, and safe to show up as their full selves.