Hospice Inpatient Unit RN - AM Shift (Madison IPU)

Agrace; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with free parking

Health, dental, and vision insurance (

Retirement plans with employer match

Generous PTO and holidays

Job summary

Agrace in Madison, WI seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to join the inpatient unit on a 0.8 FTE AM shift (32 hours/week). The role includes patient and family assessments, care planning, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team in a hospice/palliative setting.

Qualified candidates hold an ADN (BSN preferred) and an active WI RN license. The position offers competitive pay, weekend/holiday rotation, and comprehensive benefits in a nonprofit healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• ADN required; BSN preferred.
• Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing License in state of employment.
• One-year nursing experience preferred.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Basic Microsoft Office skills.
• Intermediate electronic health records skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property.
• Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient and family needs per the plan of care (POC).
• Collect data from patient, family, significant other or IDT members.
• Identify, interpret, and document assessment data in the nursing interview and EHR.
• Document and report significant changes in condition or incidents.
• Respond to patient and family needs or changes in condition.
• Provide interventions, treatments, and pain management; evaluate effectiveness.
• Educate patients and families on pain and end-of-life care; adjust as needed.
• Formulate, implement, and revise the POC with IDT, patient, and family.
• Develop outcome measures and establish priorities in care planning.
• Delegate tasks and coordinate with CNAs/LPNs; supervise staff.
• Participate in staff meetings; precept new staff and students.

Skills

RN license

One-year nursing experience

Confidentiality

Body mechanics / patient handling

Standard precautions

EHR navigation

Education

ADN

BSN preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic Health Records

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Madison, WI - Madison, WI 53711, Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time, Travel Percentage: Non-Driving, Job Shift: AM, Job Category: Nurse, Location: Agrace Inpatient Unit - Madison, WI

Full Time | 0.8 FTE (32 hours/week) | AM Shift | Weekdays | 7a-3:30p

Includes weekend (every other) and holiday (3/year) rotations

Make a lasting impact with Agrace

Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are a skilled RN who values meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference!

How You'll Make a Difference (Essential Functions)

Key Responsibilities

Patient and Family Assessments

• Assess patient's and family's physical, pain, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental and educational needs as outlined by the plan of care (POC).
• Collect data from the patient, family, significant other or other members of the interdisciplinary team and other health care professionals.
• Identify, interpret, and document assessment data collected in the nursing interview, physical assessment and other health data.
• Document and report significant changes in condition or unusual incidents to appropriate IDT member such as client abuse/neglect, suicidal intent, harmful coping mechanisms or violence, etc.

Patient Care

• Respond to patient and family needs or change in condition or need for acute patient intervention.
• Provide interventions, treatments, and pain management to patient and family to meet needs. Evaluate the effectiveness of pain management or other intervention and adjust to meet needs.
• Provide patient and family education on pain, symptom management, end of life, etc. Evaluate the effectiveness of education and adjust to meet needs.

Plan of Care

• Formulate, implement, and revise individualized POC in collaboration with Interdisciplinary Team (IDT), patient, and family. The POC to include goals, pain management, interventions, education, discharge plan, etc.
• Develop reasonable and achievable outcome measures and establish priorities in the planning and provision of care.
• Read, understand, and follow the plan of care. Document interventions, outcomes, and changes in patient condition in electronic health record (EHR).
• Delegate cares and make referrals to appropriate disciplines and volunteers.
• Oversee work of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN).

Miscellaneous

• Participate in staff meetings to plan and evaluate patient/family services.
• Precept new staff and students.

You Bring (Qualifications)

• ADN required, BSN, preferred
• Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing License in state of employment
• One-year nursing experience, preferredMust be at least 18 years of age
• Basic Microsoft Office skills
• Intermediate electronic health records skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property
• Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions

Benefits

• Competitive salary with free parking
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees who are hired for 28+ hours per week (.7 FTE +)
• Retirement plans with employer matching
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday paid time off
• Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship, and career development

About Agrace

For more than 45 years, Agrace has been an innovator and leader in both caring for patients and their families, and in educating others about death, dying and grief. We are the largest hospice provider in Wisconsin. Well known for end-of-life care, Agrace also serves people across southern Wisconsin who are aging, seriously ill or grieving.

At Agrace we are strengthened by the unique experiences, cultures and traditions of our staff, patients and clients.

Together, we pursue a vision in which every Agrace staff member is treated fairly, and every patient and client experiences the respectful, individualized care they need and deserve.

We foster a culture of belonging that celebrates people’s uniqueness and leads to meaningful, empathetic connections.

Agrace Health Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.