RN Home Care - Part Time

VITAS Healthcare; Fairview Heights (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VITAS Healthcare is seeking a Home Care Registered Nurse (RN) to ensure hospice patients are comfortable and to build compassionate, meaningful connections with their families. The role emphasizes patient-centered care with autonomy at the bedside and a focus on comfort-focused end-of-life care.

The RN will work primarily in patients' homes, visiting 4–6 patients daily, and will participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate holistic support.

Qualifications

• Current Illinois nursing license.
• Minimum of two years of nursing experience in hospice, home health, or community health in the last five years.
• Reliable transportation.
• Commitment to compassionate end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Provide comfort and compassionate care to hospice patients in their homes.
• Autonomously make care decisions at the bedside to relieve suffering.
• Educate patients and families about palliative care and options.
• Collaborate weekly with an interdisciplinary team at the local program office.

Skills

Nursing

End-of-life care

Home health

Education

RN license (Illinois)

Job description

Who We Are

We are VITAS Healthcare, the nation’s leading end-of-life care provider since 1978.

Our hospice organization kickstarts careers in caring, promotes from within, and provides a nationally recognized best-in-class employee experience. Supported by industry-leading experts and a growing network of programs in 15+ states, VITAS empowers team members to grow toward their goals while transforming patients’ lives.

Our priority is to care: For our patients, for each other, and for the future.

What You’ll Do

As a home care registered nurse (RN), you will ensure hospice patients are comfortable and forge compassionate, meaningful connections with the people in their lives.

This is important work that comes with equal responsibility. Patients and families trust VITAS nurses to guide them through the end-of-life journey, and maintaining that trust is our highest priority.

You will be a respected member of our team, both as a caregiver and as a hospice educator. You will be entrusted with the autonomy to make care decisions at the bedside, ensuring not a moment is wasted in bringing comfort to your patients.

You will help patients and their loved ones understand and embrace the palliative—rather than curative—nature of hospice and the benefits of comfort-focused end-of-life care.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

Each day is different. You will spend most of your time caring for hospice patients wherever they call home, whether that means a private residence or an assisted living/skilled nursing facility. Most VITAS nurses make 4-6 visits each day.

Once a week, you’ll visit the local program office to meet with an interdisciplinary team, including social workers, physicians, chaplains, and nurses, who collaborate to provide holistic support for the patients and families we serve.

What’s Expected From You

A VITAS nurse is the end-of-life caregiver everyone deserves. In addition to having your RN license, at least two years of nursing experience, and reliable transportation, you\'ll approach your work with the traits that make the VITAS Difference: Commitment, Compassion, and a Can-do Attitude.

You will keep patient welfare at the center of everything you do, giving your best each day in service of our core commitment: Extending comfort and dignity to all people at the end of their life’s journey.

Qualifications

• Currently licensed to practice nursing in the state where the VITAS program is located.
• A minimum of two years of nursing experience in hospice, home health, or community health in the last five years.
• Equivalent experience or licensure may be considered

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE

• EOE/AA M/F/D/V

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