Hospice Admissions Nurse

Presbyterian Homes & Services; Roseville (MN); On-site; USD 83,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

HSA and FSA

Employer contribution to HSA

Life insurance

Retirement with employer match

Holiday pay and extended sick

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Education assistance programs

Paid time off (PTO)

Same‑day pay

Employee assistance program (EAP)

College partnership discounts

Learn to Live resources

Job summary

Presbyterian Homes & Services Optage Hospice is seeking an experienced registered nurse to join our Admissions Team as a Hospice Admissions Nurse. You will play a critical role in caring for older adults at end of life and collaborate with a physician and families to develop individualized plans of care.

This full‑time day position in Minnesota includes equitable on‑call or weekend rotation and a holiday rotation, with supportive onboarding, CEU offerings, and mileage reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Strong desire to serve older adults with end‑of‑life care.
• RN with current licensure in the practice state.
• Minimum of three years nursing experience preferred.
• Critical care/oncology/long‑term care with pain management knowledge preferred.
• Hospice/home care experience is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with dying patients and families in various settings.
• Ability to collaborate in an Interdisciplinary Team.
• Strong assessment and symptom management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer skills helpful.
• Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license and insurance.
• Demonstrated alignment with PHS’s mission and values.
• Ability to communicate in English.

Responsibilities

• Explain the Optage Hospice Program, benefits, and services to patients and families/caregivers.
• Facilitate and manage all aspects of the hospice admission process, including appropriateness and care planning.
• Develop individualized plans of care with physician and families.
• Determine resource utilization based on assessment, regulations, and best practices.
• Provide ongoing assessments of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs.
• Educate, supervise, and counsel patients and families as appropriate.
• Document patient/family services accurately and timely.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Oral and written communication

Reliability

Education

RN License

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

Overview

Presbyterian Homes & Services – Optage Hospice is looking for an experienced registered nurse who feels called to hospice and wishes to serve older adults within a caring Christian environment. Ourclinicians enjoy a rich workplace culture where team members are valued and supported by leadership in an environment that embraces and encourages whole person high quality care.

We are seeking a registered nurse to join our Admissions Team as aHospice Admissions Nurse. In this position you will play a critical role in caring for older adults at the end of life - not only physically, but emotionally, socially, mentally, and spiritually. This is a full-time day position Monday through Friday, and includes participation in an equitable on-call or weekend rotation, along with a holiday rotation

Our clinicians enjoy:

• A thorough and supportive onboarding process
• Manageable daily workload assignments that allow provision of high caliber patient and family care with thoughtful consideration to geographic location(s) and patient/dynamic acuity
• Routine education and CEU offerings
• Company provided cell phone and technology devices
• Mileage reimbursement at the federal rate

Optage Hospice is a well-established program that has been serving older adults and their families for over 15 years. As a part ofPresbyterian Homes & Services, we are a mission driven, faith-based organization with a strong and supportive team culture, pledging to do the right thing, because it is the right thing to do.

If you have a passion for quality end of life care and enjoy working with older adults, we would love to talk with you!

Responsibilities

The Hospice Admission Nurse is responsible for explaining the Optage Hospice Program, benefits, and services to patients and their families/caregivers. The Admission Nurse facilitates and manages all aspect of the hospice admission process including appropriateness for admission, develops an individualized plan of care, related to the patients' needs, in collaboration with the physician, patient, and their families/caregivers. Determines the appropriate utilization of resources based on clinical assessment, regulations and established clinical best practices.

Essential tasks and duties include providing ongoing assessments of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the patient and family, provide education, supervision and counseling to the client and their family/caregiver regarding care needs as appropriate to client’s needs, providing accurate and appropriate documentation of patient/family services.

Qualifications

• Strong desire to serve older adults with a passion for end-of-life care.
• Registered nurse with current licensure with the State Board of Nursing in state(s) in which he/she practices.
• A minimum of three years of nursing experience preferred.
• Critical care/oncology, long-term care, or medical/surgical background with strong knowledge of pain and symptom management preferred.
• Hospice/Home Care experience is a plus, but not required .
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with dying patients and caregivers in the home, hospital, and other facility settings.
• Ability to work as a member of an Interdisciplinary Team.
• Strong assessment skills, experience with symptom management preferred
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• Computer skills helpful.
• Reliable transportation, current driver’s license and current auto insurance.
• Demonstrated compatibility with PHS's mission and operating philosophies.
• Demonstrated ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language to communicate with all customers.

Pay Range

The estimated starting pay range for this role is $82,813 - $108,000 per year. This good faith estimate is based upon PHS’s typical starting pay range for this role. Actual pay range depends upon many factors including each individual employee’s qualifications and market conditions and is subject to change.

Benefits

Full-time benefits-eligible employment begins at a minimum of 30 hours per week:

• Health, and dental, including applicable HSA & FSA
• Employer Contribution to HSA for eligible Health Plans
• Life insurance (AD&D)
• Retirement, with eligibility for an employer match
• Holiday pay and extended sick

Full and Part-time benefits-eligible employment working between 20-29 hours per week:

• Vision insurance
• Voluntary short-term & long-term disability
• Accident & hospitalization coverage
• Education assistance programs

All employees:

• Accrue PTO (Paid time off)
• Same-day pay
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• College partnership educational discounts
• Access to Learn to Live Resources

About PHS

Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS), based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a nonprofit, faith-based organizationprovidinga broad array of high-quality housing choices,careand services options for older adults. Some8,000employees serve more than41,800 older adults through 60PHS-affiliated senior living communities in Minnesota,Iowaand Wisconsin, and through Optagehome and community services. PHS is also co-owner of Genevive, the largest geriatric primary care practice in Minnesota, providing comprehensive care for more than 15,500older adults. Established in 1955, PHS has earned the reputation as an innovative leader dedicated to promoting independence, purposefullivingandthe overallwell-being for those they serve. Today, PHS is one of the largest nonprofit providers of senior housing and services in the nation.

PHS is an EEO/AA employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.