Hospice Float Nurse: Night Shifts, Travel & Perks

TriHealth; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; Full time

Job description

Job Description

As a Float Pool Hospice Nurse, you will deliver comprehensive end-of-life care to terminally ill patients across a variety of settings—including private residences, hospice facilities, and nursing homes. Your responsibilities will include managing pain and other distressing symptoms, educating patients and families, offering emotional and spiritual support, and collaborating closely with the interdisciplinary care team. This position is ideal for a versatile and adaptable nursing professional who thrives in diverse environments and is committed to providing comfort, dignity, and quality of life to patients during their final journey. You will play a vital role in bridging staffing needs across our hospice organization, ensuring continuity and excellence in care wherever you’re needed most.

Location

Hospice of Cincinnati – This position requires travel

Work Schedule

• Full Time (36 hours weekly)
• Night Shift 7pm-7:30am (every 3rd weekend and rotating holidays)

Incentives & Benefits

$8 Float Pool incentive, $4 night shift, and $0.72 per mile reimbursement. We offer competitive shift differentials, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement savings plans, and tuition reimbursement.

Job Overview

This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The position also collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient's needs. This position may delegate certain aspects of care to those under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice.

Job Requirements

• Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing (Required)
• New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire (Required)
• Up to 1 year Clinical experience in Nursing (Required)
• Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle (Required)
• Registered Nurse (Required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required)

Job Responsibilities

• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family. Completes initial assessment tool. Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines. Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
• Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes. Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways. Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develops both short and long term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning. Communicates plan of care to others.
• Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity. Seeks resources to help form ethical decisions. Balances patient's needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action. Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe. Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly. Trains/educates other staff and acts as an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills. Effectively communicates information relative to surgical cases. Carries out physician orders.
• Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching. Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed. Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
• Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice. Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects. Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
• Assumes organizational and educational responsibilities. Identifies areas for professional and self‑improvement through self‑assessment and peer review, as well as continuing education of team members. Shares knowledge and skills with colleagues and others. Provides peers with constructive feedback regarding skills and knowledge. Maintains awareness of ongoing continuous improvement changes and supports changes through active participation.

Working Conditions

Bending – Frequently; Climbing – Rarely; Concentrating – Consistently; Continuous Learning – Consistently; Hearing: Conversation – Consistently; Hearing: Other Sounds – Consistently; Interpersonal Communication – Consistently; Kneeling – Occasionally; Lifting <10 Lbs. – Consistently; Lifting 50+ Lbs. – Consistently; Lifting <50 Lbs. – Consistently; Pulling – Consistently; Pushing – Consistently; Reaching – Consistently; Reading – ; Sitting – Occasionally; Standing – Consistently; Stooping – Consistently; Talking – Consistently; Thinking/Reasoning – Consistently; Use of Hands – Consistently; Color Vision – Consistently; Visual Acuity: Far – Consistently; Visual Acuity: Near – Consistently; Walking – Consistently.