Hospice RN Case Manager - Home Care

VITAS Healthcare; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 61,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

VITAS Healthcare in Bridgeport, CT, is hiring a Home Care Registered Nurse (RN) to ensure hospice patients are comfortable and to build compassionate connections with families and caregivers. The role involves autonomous bedside decision-making and delivering comfort-focused end-of-life care in patients' homes.

You will visit patients in private homes or facilities, averaging 4–6 visits per day, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team weekly to coordinate holistic patient support.

Qualifications

• Current nursing license in the state where the program is located.
• Minimum of two years of nursing experience in hospice, home health, or community health in the last five years.
• Reliable transportation to visit patients at their homes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure hospice patients are comfortable and form compassionate connections with those in their lives.
• Maintain patient welfare and exercise autonomy in bedside care decisions.
• Explain and support palliative, comfort-focused end-of-life care.

Skills

Nursing experience

Education

RN license

Job description

VITAS Healthcare in Bridgeport, CT, is hiring a Home Care Registered Nurse (RN) to ensure hospice patients are comfortable and to build compassionate connections with families and caregivers. The role involves autonomous bedside decision-making and delivering comfort-focused end-of-life care in patients' homes.

You will visit patients in private homes or facilities, averaging 4–6 visits per day, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team weekly to coordinate holistic patient support.