Registered Nurse - Hospice of Cincinnati Support Team

TriHealth; Blue Ash (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift differentials

Professional growth opportunities

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

TriHealth is seeking a Night Triage Registered Nurse (RN) to provide expert telephone triage, clinical assessment, and care coordination for hospice patients and families during overnight hours.

The role involves responding to after-hours calls, assessing symptoms, delivering interventions and education, coordinating visits, and ensuring 24/7 access to support. Travel to patient locations is required as part of hospice care delivery.

Qualifications

• Requires nursing licensure and clinical judgment from nursing education.
• BSN completion within 5 years of hire is preferred.
• Experience in hospice, home care, or triage is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and ongoing patient and family assessments.
• Document assessments per TriHealth guidelines.
• Communicate assessment findings to health care providers.
• Provide education and care coordination for hospice patients and families.
• Coordinate visits and ensure timely access to support 24/7.

Skills

Nursing

Triage

Clinical assessment

Care coordination

Communication

Education

Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing

BSN within 5 years of hire

Job description

Job Description

The Night Triage Registered Nurse (RN) provides expert telephone triage, clinical assessment, and care coordination for hospice patients and families during overnight hours. This role is responsible for responding to after-hours patient and caregiver calls, assessing symptoms, providing interventions and education, coordinating visits, completing visit when needed, and ensuring timely access to support 24 hours a day. This role supports multiple hospice service lines and requires strong clinical judgment and communication skills.

Job Description

The Night Triage Registered Nurse (RN) provides expert telephone triage, clinical assessment, and care coordination for hospice patients and families during overnight hours. This role is responsible for responding to after-hours patient and caregiver calls, assessing symptoms, providing interventions and education, coordinating visits, completing visit when needed, and ensuring timely access to support 24 hours a day. This role supports multiple hospice service lines and requires strong clinical judgment and communication skills.

Step into a meaningful role within our Hospice Care Team as a Registered Nurse dedicated to supporting patients and families during some of life’s most vulnerable moments. You’ll serve as a trusted resource for nurses, physicians, caregivers, and loved ones, helping maintain comfort, dignity, and continuity of care.

This opportunity is ideal for someone who is compassionate and confident working independently in a field-based or home‑care setting. A passion for supporting colleagues, providing calm reassurance, and upholding the highest standards of patient-centered care will make you an invaluable part of our hospice mission.

Location

Hospice of Cincinnati - Requires travel. This position involves driving to patient's location. Doing SIA visits for our Hospice patients. SIA refers to Service Intensity Add-on visits, which are additional visits provided during the last seven days of a patient's life. These visits are intended to provide more intensive and focused care during the final stages of life.

Work Schedule

• Full Time - 36 hours weekly
• Night Shift – 4pm-12am

Incentives & Benefits

We offer competitive shift differentials, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement savings plans, and tuition reimbursement. Please use the link to view TriHealth’s benefits: https://careers.trihealth.com/what-we-offer/benefits

To explore more about Hospice and the care we provide click the link below:

https://hospiceofcincinnati.org/

Job Overview

This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The position also collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient's needs. This position may delegate certain aspects of care to those under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice

Job Requirements

• Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing (Required)
• New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire. (Required)
• Up to 1 year Clinical in Nursing (Required)
• Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle

Preferred Membership In Related Professional Organization

Preferred certification in applicable specialty once eligible

Registered Nurse Required

Registered Nurse Required

Basic Life Support (BLS) Required

Basic Life Support (BLS) Required

Preferred Certification In Applicable Specialty Once Eligible Preferred And

Preferred membership in related professional organization Preferred

Job Responsibilities

Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family. Completes initial assessment tool. Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines. Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.

Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes. Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways. Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develops both short and long term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning. Communicates plan of care to others.

Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient's autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity. Seeks resources to help form ethical decisions. Balances patient's needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action. Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe. Bases interventions based on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly. Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills. Effectively communicates information relative to surgical cases. Carries out physician orders.

Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching. Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed. Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.

Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice. Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects. Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.

Assumes organizational and educational responsibilities. Identifies areas for professional and self-improvement through self-assessment and peer review, as well as the continuing education of team members continuing education, formal education, professional organization membership, and/or certification. Shares knowledge and skills with colleagues and others. Provides peers with constructive feedback regarding skills and knowledge. Maintains awareness of ongoing continuous improvement changes and supports changes through active participation.

Other Related Information

The TriHealth Nursing Vision, Mission, and Philosophy speaks to professional development, collaboration, and our nursing culture. To achieve excellence in nursing care, TriHealth encourages: pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advanced degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification; nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty; involvement in activities that better the health of our community; nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice, and all nurses to foster, support, and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care

Working Conditions

• Bending - Frequently
• Climbing - Rarely
• Concentrating - Consistently
• Continuous Learning - Consistently
• Hearing: Conversation - Consistently
• Hearing: Other Sounds - Consistently
• Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
• Kneeling - Occasionally
• Lifting <10 Lbs. - Consistently
• Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Consistently
• Lifting <50 Lbs. - Consistently
• Pulling - Consistently
• Pushing - Consistently
• Reaching - Consistently
• Reading -
• Sitting - Occasionally
• Standing - Consistently
• Stooping - Consistently
• Talking - Consistently
• Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently
• Use of Hands - Consistently
• Color Vision - Consistently
• Visual Acuity: Far - Consistently
• Visual Acuity: Near - Consistently
• Walking - Consistently

TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors

At TriHealth, We Believe There Is No Responsibility More Important Than To SERVE Our Patients, Our Communities, And Our Fellow Team Members. To Achieve Our Vision And Mission, ALL TriHealth Team Members Are Expected To Demonstrate And Live The Following

Serve: ALWAYS...

• Welcome everyone by making eye contact, greeting with a smile, and saying \"hello\"
• Acknowledge when patients/guests are lost and escort them to their destination or find someone who can assist
• Refrain from using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas

Excel: ALWAYS...

• Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met
• Offer patients and guests priority when waiting (lines, elevators)
• Work on improving quality, safety, and service

Respect: ALWAYS...

• Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences.
• Respect everyone's opinion and contribution, regardless of title/role.
• Speak positively about my team members and other departments in front of patients and guests.

Value: ALWAYS...

• Value the time of others by striving to be on time, prepared and actively participating.
• Pick up trash, ensuring the physical environment is clean and safe.
• Be a good steward of our resources, using supplies and equipment efficiently and effectively, and will look for ways to avoid waste.

Engage: ALWAYS...

• Acknowledge wins and frequently thank team members and others for contributions.
• Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community