Weekend & After-Hours Hospice RN/LPN

Grace Hospice MN; Twin Lakes (MN); On-site; USD 58,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Grace Hospice MN seeks a compassionate RN or LPN to join our hospice team for weekend and after-hours shifts, delivering skilled nursing visits in patients' homes and care settings. You will collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, observe changes in condition, educate families, manage symptoms, and advocate for comfort, dignity, and high-quality end-of-life care.

A Minnesota license and a minimum of three years’ nursing experience are required; weekend availability is essential.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current and unrestricted Minnesota RN or LPN license.
• Minimum of three years of recent nursing experience in acute care, long-term care, home care, hospice, or public health preferred.
• Strong patient care, observation, care planning, and patient/family education skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong critical-thinking and clinical decision-making abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.
• Daily access to a dependable vehicle for patient visits.
• Basic computer proficiency and ability to complete electronic clinical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate, respectful, and professional care to patients and families.
• Collaborate closely with the triage nurse and complete face-to-face patient visits as directed based on patient and clinical needs.
• Observe and assess patients within the nurse's scope of practice for changes in condition, symptom-management needs, and other clinical concerns.
• Provide skilled nursing interventions to promote patient comfort and quality of life.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers regarding medications, symptom management, comfort measures, and hospice plan of care.

Skills

Patient care

Observation

Care planning

Education

Communication

Critical thinking

Independence

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Grace Hospice MN seeks a compassionate RN or LPN to join our hospice team for weekend and after-hours shifts, delivering skilled nursing visits in patients' homes and care settings. You will collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, observe changes in condition, educate families, manage symptoms, and advocate for comfort, dignity, and high-quality end-of-life care.

A Minnesota license and a minimum of three years’ nursing experience are required; weekend availability is essential.