Registered Nurse Hospice

Intermountain Health; Wheat Ridge (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Healthy Living program

Flexible shifts: 3-12 hour shifts

Job summary

Intermountain Health is seeking a compassionate Hospice Nurse to provide autonomous, high-quality end-of-life care in patients’ homes within the Denver metro area. You will assess needs, develop care plans, and deliver nursing interventions in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

The role emphasizes skill development in wound care, IV therapy, and caregiver education, with a focus on comfort, dignity, and family-centered support in the home setting.

Qualifications

• Current RN license in state of practice.
• BLS certification for healthcare providers.
• Valid driver’s license with reliable transportation.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• BSN from an accredited institution; BSN required as of 4/27/2025.
• RN with less than 12 months experience must obtain BSN within 4 years of hire date.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans.
• Coordinate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Provide end-of-life care in the patient’s home setting.

Skills

Communication skills

RN license

BLS Certification

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to join our hospice care team. As a Hospice Nurse, you will assume responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care plans. You will utilize the nursing process, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practices, and seamless coordination with an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Home is where families gather, memories are cherished, and comfort is found. It’s where we reflect, heal, and experience moments of connection and peace. At Intermountain Health, we have the profound honor of bringing skilled, compassionate care to patients in the home—offering comfort, dignity, and quality of life during their end-of-life journey.
As a Hospice Nurse, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring patients receive exceptional care in the setting they cherish most—their home. This meaningful work allows you to combine your clinical expertise with a deeply rewarding care environment, helping individuals and their families navigate this tender stage with compassion, skill, and excellence.

What does it mean to be a part of our Hospice team?

Home is where families gather, memories are cherished, and comfort is found. It’s where we reflect, heal, and experience moments of connection and peace. At Intermountain Health, we have the profound honor of bringing skilled, compassionate care to patients in the home—offering comfort, dignity, and quality of life during their end-of-life journey.
As a Hospice Nurse, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring patients receive exceptional care in the setting they cherish most—theur home. This meaningful work allows you to combine your clinical expertise with a deeply rewarding care environment, helping individuals and their families navigate this tender stage with compassion, skill, and excellence.

Enhance your career by learning unique skills such as wound care, injection and medication administration, IV monitoring, and patient/caregiver education

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Why Work With Us

• Autonomous Practice: Enjoy the independence of managing patient care while receiving support from a collaborative healthcare team.
• Skill Development: Gain specialized experience in areas such as wound care, medication management, and IV therapy, all in a homecare setting.
• Meaningful Work: Deliver compassionate care to patients in their own homes, where comfort and healing can take place.
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible shifts, allowing you to balance work with your personal life. 3-12 hour shifts, 11AM-11:30PM, rotating call, holidays.
• Unit/Location: Denver Metro
• Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and social well-being. To that end, we have launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning. To learn about additional Intermountain benefits Click here

Minimum Qualifications

• Current RN License in state of practice
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for healthcare providers.
• Current driver’s license, insured and reliable transportation and an acceptable driving record
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire
• RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within 4 years of their hire date.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in an Acute Care, Home Health, or Hospice setting.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Hospice - Denver

Work City

Wheat Ridge

Work State

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.