Nurse Practitioner - Hospice | Riverside Home Health and Hospice

The Pennant Group; Grants Pass (OR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Home Health & Hospice seeks a Nurse Practitioner to lead hospice care across Medford, Grants Pass, and surrounding communities. You will conduct hospice face-to-face visits, perform clinical assessments, and develop comfort-focused care plans.

The role emphasizes compassionate patient relationships, autonomy in field work, collaboration with physicians and a multidisciplinary team, and education for patients and families.

Qualifications

• Graduate NP with Oregon licensure required.
• Strong clinical decision-making and assessment skills.
• Ability to communicate compassionately with patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hospice face-to-face visits and patient evaluations.
• Manage symptoms and develop comfort-focused care plans.
• Prescribe medications and treatments aligned with hospice goals.
• Collaborate with physicians and the interdisciplinary team.
• Educate patients and families and coordinate care.
• Document findings and coordinate care for Southern Oregon patients.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Hospice Care

Clinical assessment

Education

Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program

Job description

Hospice Nurse Practitioner Riverside Home Health & Hospice Southern Oregon | Medford & Grants Pass Full-Time - Part Time - PRN

If you Became a Nurse Practitioner to Truly Care for Patients — Hospice Is Where That Calling Comes to Life. Hospice medicine is different. It’s not about rushing from room to room or chasing productivity metrics. It’s about using your clinical expertise to ensure patients experience comfort, dignity, and peace during life’s most meaningful moments. At Riverside Home Health & Hospice, our Nurse Practitioners are trusted clinical leaders who guide care for patients and families facing serious illness. You will work closely with our interdisciplinary team to ensure every patient receives thoughtful, compassionate, expert care. If you are a Nurse Practitioner who values relationships, autonomy, and meaningful work, you may have found the place where your career truly matters.

Why This Role Matters

• Conduct hospice face-to-face visits and clinical assessments
• Guide symptom management and comfort-focused care
• Support patients and families through education and care planning
• Collaborate closely with physicians and the hospice interdisciplinary team
• Help ensure patients receive the right care at the right time

Who Thrives in This Role

• Leads with compassion and emotional intelligence
• Communicates clearly with patients and families during difficult moments
• Thinks critically and confidently in complex clinical situations
• Values collaboration with nurses, social workers, chaplains, and physicians
• Works well autonomously in the field
• Believes hospice care is both clinical excellence and human connection

Hospice experience is helpful, but the most important quality is a heart for serving patients and families at the end of life.

Our Culture (This Actually Matters Here)

At Riverside, we operate by CAPLICO, the values that guide how we care for patients and how we support each other. C - Customer Second We support each other so we can provide exceptional care to patients and families.

• A - Accountability We do what we say we will do.
• P - Passion for Learning We continuously grow and improve.
• L - Love One Another We treat patients, families, and teammates with compassion and respect.
• I - Intelligent Risk Taking We advocate for our patients and speak up when it matters.
• C - Celebration We recognize meaningful moments and victories.
• O - Ownership We take responsibility for outcomes and for one another.

Culture at Riverside isn’t something we talk about occasionally - it’s how we work every day.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Conducting hospice face-to-face visits and patient evaluations
• Managing symptoms and developing comfort-focused care plans
• Prescribing medications and treatments consistent with hospice goals
• Collaborating with physicians and the interdisciplinary team
• Supporting patients and families through education and care planning
• Documenting clinical findings and coordinating care

You will serve patients across Southern Oregon including Medford, Grants Pass, and surrounding communities.

What Helps You Succeed

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
• Current Nurse Practitioner license in Oregon
• Strong clinical decision-making and assessment skills
• Ability to communicate compassionately with patients and families
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Hospice or home health experience preferred.

Why Work at Riverside

• A supportive interdisciplinary team
• Leadership that trusts your clinical judgment
• Meaningful work with patients and families
• Opportunities for professional growth
• A culture centered on compassion and service

When families say "You helped us through the hardest time of our lives" -you’ll know your work truly mattered.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. Riverside Home Health Care and Hospice is a leading provider of Home Health and Hospice in Southern Oregon. We specialize in providing Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Medical Social Worker, Home Health Aide, Chaplain, Dietician, and Hospice Volunteer Services for patients in their home setting throughout Josephine, Jackson and Douglas counties.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.