Travel Home Hospice RN

Job Description

Jackson Nurse Professionals is seeking a travel nurse RN Hospice Palliative Care RN for a travel nursing job in Bernards, New Jersey.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Hospice Palliative Care RN
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 06/01/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 37.5 hours per week
• Shift: 7 hours, evenings
• Employment Type: Travel

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs Patient assessments: Accurately assesses patients appropriateness for hospice care, learning needs and progress toward goals. Develops the plan of care for the patient and family

• Ensures appropriate utilization of services: Maintains visit productivity standards. Demonstrates knowledge of insurance reimbursement

• Completes discharge assessments: Performs laptop transfer of data twice daily. Completes admission assessment and transfers within 24 hours. Completes re-visit documentation and transfers

• Uses age appropriate teaching methods for patients and families: Evaluates teaching plan and revises as necessary. Documents patient education tools used

• Assumes responsibility for Case Management: Develops/implements/evaluates plan of care based on evidence-based knowledge. Revises care plan as indicated.Prioritizes care needs.Demonstrates knowledge of hospice regulations and insurance reimbursement guidelines. Shows evidence of interdisciplinary communication. Performs HHA supervisions per standards. Ensures appropriate utilization of services. Follows scheduling process. Communicates progress toward goals with IDT. Attends and participates in IDT meetings every 2 weeks. Evaluates the plan of care and revises as needed

• Maintains safe environment for patients and co-workers. Follows infection control measures and reports infections. Demonstrates knowledge of pharmacology and safe medication management. Routinely reconciles medications. Maintains current medication orders

• Attends monthly staff meeting:Participates in PI meetings and activities/committees as requested. Accepts other assignments as requested.

• Assumes responsibility for case management: Prioritizes schedule to accommodate patients needs. Documents case management activities. Demonstrates knowledge of pharmacology and safe medication management. Routinely reconciles medications. Maintain current medication orders.

• Participates in Performance Improvement Program: Reviews health records and gathers data to support PI activities. Attends UR meetings as requested. Provides orientation/ mentorship to new employees. Cross trains to learn new skills and demonstrates a willingness to teach other

• Assists with growing agency business: Provides orientation to new employees. Accepts other assignments as requested. Cross trains to learn new skills.

About Jackson Nurse Professionals

Filling critical needs in patient care, Jackson Nurse Professionals delivers cost-effective travel nurse staffing solutions to over 500 hospitals, outpatient clinics, and home health clients nationwide. Awarded Best of Staffing - Talent and Client 2024, and rated as a Top Workplace 2023 by the Orlando Sentinel, Jackson Nurse Professionals goes the extra mile to provide travel nurses the career they deserve, while providing clients with a large range of highly skilled nurses to fill short, long-term, and temporary assignments.

As a member of Jackson Healthcare’s family of award-winning staffing companies, we’re part of a growing community that’s impacting 10 million patients nationwide. Join our mission to improve the delivery of patient care, and the lives of everyone we touch.