Director of Nursing
Desert Valley Hospice and Palliative Care
Phoenix, Arizona
- Eligibility
- RNHospicePalliative Care
Posted Jun 29
What the listing says
Role
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Top of AZ Hospice pay
AZ Hospice postings that state pay run $27/hr to $57/hr, the middle half $41/hr to $47/hr, across 23 postings.
About this role
Desert Valley Hospice & Palliative Care is growing and looking for a strong, organized, compassionate Director of Nursing to help lead our hospice clinical team. This is a key leadership position for someone who understands hospice, knows how to manage nurses and interdisciplinary care, and can keep the team organized, compliant, and focused on excellent patient care.
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Requirements
- Current Arizona RN license required
- Hospice experience strongly preferred
- Prior DON, clinical manager, case manager, or hospice leadership experience preferred
- Strong understanding of hospice eligibility, documentation, IDG, recertification, and compliance
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Organized, dependable, and able to start quickly
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- Comfortable working in a growing company where leadership needs to be hands-on
- Must be compassionate with patients but also firm and organized with staff expectations
Place
- City
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Median rent
- $1,582/mo
- Local household income
- $81,332/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Phoenix area index 103.3, where 100 is the national average.
Phoenix delivers year-round sunshine, sweeping desert mountain views, and a booming healthcare sector with major hospital systems constantly hiring RNs. The metro offers everything from bustling urban cores to quiet suburban sprawl, plus easy weekend escapes to Sedona or Flagstaff when the Valley heat calls for a cooler break.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
Desert Valley Hospice & Palliative Care is a hospice and palliative care provider headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona (85027), serving the greater Phoenix metropolitan area including the Anthem area. The organization provides end-of-life and palliative care services to patients, with care…
On your path
Hospice is a specialty you move into. Med surg, oncology, or home health is the usual door in.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through 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?