Hospice RN

Gentiva

Kinston, North Carolina

Eligibility: Palliative CareOncology

Posted Jul 13 · 1 year of experience

Unit and setting: Hospice
License: RN licenseCurrent license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

License: Current license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment

What it pays

Benefits

Sign-on Bonus

Posted pay in North Carolina

The workplace

Gentiva

Hiring organization

Organization profile

The team behind this role

Scheduling

Regional Support Hospice RN typically Monday–Friday with occasional on-call; full-time weekend on-call RN roles also posted; company fleet car for eligible travel employees

Gentiva · confirm this unit

Sources

As of 2026Source 1: credenzahealth.com Source 2: facebook.com

Explore Gentiva

Ask Mira

Your fit

Questions to ask

Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?

Build questions for this role

[data-job-fit-skeleton]{display:none}Answer a few questions to see your fit

On your path

Hospice is a specialty you move into. Med surg, oncology, or home health is the usual door in.

See your route →Check first: Experience ICU, OR and CRNA ask for

Original listing

Read full text

Sign-on Bonus Available. Lead with Heart. Be the Difference.

Transform End-of-Life Care. Join our company, where every day is an opportunity to deliver personalized, meaningful hospice and palliative care to patients facing life-limiting illness. We support patients and their families with dignity, comfort, and love.

Hospice RN / RN Case Manager role: Be the primary point of contact for patients and families, guiding them through every step of their hospice journey. Deliver and document skilled, hands-on nursing care based on each patient's individualized Plan of Care. Perform initial and ongoing assessments.

Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team including physicians, LPNs, CNAs, social workers, chaplains. Provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support to patients and loved ones. Teach caregivers how to care for their loved one safely.

Communicate important updates in patient condition to the care team. Maintain accurate clinical documentation and follow infection control and compliance standards. Support quality improvement and scheduling initiatives.

Help patients and families understand medication administration, hospice philosophy and services, symptom and pain management, end-of-life processes and expectations.

What's around it?

In Kinston, NC

Kinston, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 6% below the US average

Median rent: $867/mo
Household income: $36,878/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Kinston, NC

NeighborhoodsDowntown Kinston around North Queen Street serves as the cultural hub, featuring historic brick buildings, vibrant street murals, and restored residential spaces within walking distance of galleries and eateries. Surrounding residential neighborhoods are largely made up of mid-20th-century single-family ranch homes and duplexes. Nurses and professionals looking for more rural settings or established community feel frequently look just outside city limits to small Lenoir County towns like La Grange and Pink Hill, which offer quiet country acreage and easy driving access back into Kinston.

Downtown Kinston around North Queen Street serves as the cultural hub, featuring historic brick buildings, vibrant street murals, and restored residential spaces within walking distance of galleries and eateries. Surrounding residential neighborhoods are largely made up of mid-20th-century single-family ranch homes and duplexes.

Nurses and professionals looking for more rural settings or established community feel frequently look just outside city limits to small Lenoir County towns like La Grange and Pink Hill, which offer quiet country acreage and easy driving access back into Kinston.

Sources

As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: downtownkinstonneighborhood.org Source 2: niche.com Source 3: ezhomesearch.com

Getting aroundDaily commutes in Kinston are unhurried, facilitated by minimal vehicular congestion, flat coastal plain terrain, and ample surface parking throughout the city and downtown medical centers. Shift workers rely heavily on personal vehicles, as public transit coverage is virtually non-existent, though key arterial routes such as US-70 provide rapid, direct transit across Lenoir County and quick regional connectivity toward Goldsboro and New Bern.

Daily commutes in Kinston are unhurried, facilitated by minimal vehicular congestion, flat coastal plain terrain, and ample surface parking throughout the city and downtown medical centers. Shift workers rely heavily on personal vehicles, as public transit coverage is virtually non-existent, though key arterial routes such as US-70 provide rapid, direct transit across Lenoir County and quick regional connectivity toward Goldsboro and New Bern.

Sources

As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: livability.com Source 2: downtownkinstonneighborhood.org Source 3: youtube.com

OutdoorsRecreational life in Kinston centers on the Neuse River, where the Neuseway Nature Park offers walking trails, campground facilities, a planetarium, and kayak or boat access. For more extensive hiking and scenic river bluffs, residents travel a short drive west to Cliffs of the Neuse State Park. The surrounding coastal plain provides ample flat terrain for cycling and easy access to coastal fishing and boating in nearby New Bern.

Recreational life in Kinston centers on the Neuse River, where the Neuseway Nature Park offers walking trails, campground facilities, a planetarium, and kayak or boat access. For more extensive hiking and scenic river bluffs, residents travel a short drive west to Cliffs of the Neuse State Park.

The surrounding coastal plain provides ample flat terrain for cycling and easy access to coastal fishing and boating in nearby New Bern.

Sources

As of Sep 16, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: instagram.com

Others hiring in Kinston, NC

Check licensing in NC

See Kinston, NC

Moving for this role?

Living in Kinston

Kinston offers relocated nurses a unique blend of Eastern North Carolina farm heritage, nationally celebrated culinary arts, and tranquil small-town living along the Neuse River. Anchor institutions and regional facilities draw healthcare professionals seeking short, stress-free commutes where gridlock is virtually unheard of and parking is always straightforward. The town's vibrant pulse centers on North Queen Street, home to the Kinston Arts District, the Historic Grainger Hill Theater, and craft gathering spaces like Mother Earth Brewing, alongside the acclaimed culinary footprint of Chef & The Farmer. Off-shift hours can be spent exploring river trails at Neuseway Nature Park or taking day trips to the bluffs at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park. However, moving to Kinston demands realistic expectations regarding infrastructure: public transit is absent, public school ratings are mixed, and economic revitalization remains uneven, with noticeable disparities between historic revitalized corridors and neglected neighborhoods. Nurses who thrive here prioritize an unhurried Southern lifestyle, tight community connections, and the chance to contribute meaningfully to a town actively shaping its second act.

AI area guide

Sources

As of 2026Source 1: downtownkinstonneighborhood.org Source 2: livability.com Source 3: niche.com Source 4: ezhomesearch.com

Compare living costs Plan your license move Explore this area

Nurses on this role

Help improve this pageShare what it’s like, leave a heads-up, or fix a detail.

What would you like to do?

What was it really like?

Your connectionWould you recommend it?Your role (optional)Unit (optional)

Add ratings or a short headline

Short headline (optional)StaffingManagementSchedulingOrientationCultureTime there (optional)

I understand that, after review, Nursing Mastery may publish this anonymously.

A person reviews every submission before anything changes.

Do you qualify?

What it pays

Benefits

The workplace

The team behind this role

Ask Mira

Your fit

Questions to ask

On your path

Original listing

What's around it?

Kinston, NCiFrom Census ACS 2024.

Life in Kinston, NC

Moving for this role?

Nurses on this role

Nurses on this role

The team behind this role

Life in Kinston, NC

Moving for this role?

Nurses on this role

Kinston, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.