Hospice RN: Compassionate Home & Facility Palliative Care

Visiting Nurse Association of SEMO; Cape Girardeau (MO); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri is seeking a hospice nurse to provide compassionate in-home care for patients with terminal illnesses. You will assess symptoms, administer medications, and educate families on comfort-focused care.

The role involves managing pain, wound care, IV therapies, and coordinating with physicians and the hospice IDG team to adjust care as health changes. A 30-day training period accompanies onboarding to cover policies and handheld visit technology.

Responsibilities

• Assess symptoms of diseases and responses to treatment
• Teach patients and caregivers how to give their own care and provide end of life comfort care, answer questions about meds, diet, disease process, activity, etc.
• Administer IV and injectable meds, perform prescribed treatments
• Assist with pain control
• Provide wound management, and ostomy care
• Restore independence and communicate changes in the patient's health to physician and hospice IDG team as necessary.

Job description

Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri is seeking a hospice nurse to provide compassionate in-home care for patients with terminal illnesses. You will assess symptoms, administer medications, and educate families on comfort-focused care.

The role involves managing pain, wound care, IV therapies, and coordinating with physicians and the hospice IDG team to adjust care as health changes. A 30-day training period accompanies onboarding to cover policies and handheld visit technology.