Job Description

What We Offer:

Location: Glenn Kiser Hospice House – Salisbury, NC
Schedule: Full-Time, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Sign-On Bonus: Up to $7,500 available
Mileage Reimbursement: Provided for all in-home visits

 

The Registered Nurse (RN) for Outpatient Hospice provides compassionate, patient-centered care for individuals receiving hospice services in their homes and within the Glenn Kiser Hospice House. This role delivers comprehensive assessments, symptom management, patient and family education, and coordination of care in alignment with the hospice plan of care and Novant Health clinical standards.

 

The RN manages a caseload of approximately 14 patients, ensuring timely visits, continuity of care, and meaningful support to patients and their loved ones during end-of-life care. This position also participates in an on-call rotation every sixth weekend (Saturday and Sunday nights, 8:00 PM–8:00 AM).

 

Join a remarkable team where quality care meets quality service — in every dimension, every time.

What We're Looking For:

• Education: 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 after hours call on rotational basis.
    
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, night driving, and ability to adjust and focus.

Job Tags

Full time, Relocation package, Monday to Friday, Flexible hours, Night shift, Weekend work,

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