Registered Nurse (RN) - Nights
Delray Beach, Florida
You'll give comfort-focused in-home care to hospice patients who have six months or less to live.
Posted Jul 20 · 1 year of experience
- Shift and hours
- Nights Registered Nurse (RN) - Nights
- Unit and setting
- Hospice Provide comfort-focused in-home nursing care for patients with prognoses of six months or lesshospice patients with six months or less to live
- License
- RN license A valid RN licensevalid RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- valid RN license A valid RN license
- Education
- associate or bachelor's degree in nursing An associate or bachelor's degree in nursing
- Experience
- one year of hospital nursing experience At least one year of hospital nursing experience
- Also asks
- reliable transportation Reliable transportation
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Typically makes 4-6 patient visits each day You will typically make 4-6 visits each day.
- Care model
- interdisciplinary team with LPNs, aides, chaplains, social workers and physicians Work on a team of interdisciplinary hospice clinicians, including LPNs, aides, chaplains, social workers and physicians
- Day to day
- advocate for each patient's and family's goals of care Serve as an advocate for each patient and family in your care, ensuring their goals of care are communicated and prioritized by each member of the care team
- Day to day
- patient, family and caregiver hospice teaching Deliver basic hospice education and training to patients, families and caregivers
- Travel
- weekly visit to the local program office Once a week, you’ll visit the local program office to meet with an interdisciplinary team, including social workers, physicians, chaplains, and aides
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for 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?
Original listing
Posted on VITAS Healthcare’s careers page.
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What you’ll do
As a home care registered nurse (RN), you will ensure hospice patients are comfortable during their end-of-life journeys and forge compassionate, meaningful connections with the people in their lives.
You will
Provide comfort-focused in-home nursing care for patients with prognoses of six months or less Work on a team of interdisciplinary hospice clinicians, including LPNs, aides, chaplains, social workers and physicians Serve as an advocate for each patient and family in your care, ensuring their goals of care are communicated and prioritized by each member of the care team Deliver basic hospice education and training to patients, families and caregivers
Where you’ll work
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. You will typically 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 aides, who collaborate to provide holistic support for the patients and families we serve.
What’s expected from you
An associate or bachelor's degree in nursing A valid RN license At least one year of hospital nursing experience Reliable transportation You will give your best each day in service of our core commitment: Delivering compassionate, personalized care with heartfelt empathy, honoring the wishes of each patient who entrusts VITAS with their end-of-life journey.
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 Provides an award-winning, 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.
What's around it?
Delray Beach, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,961/mo
- Household income
- $82,041/yr, all local households, not nurse pay