Hospice Nurse RN - 7D on/7D off
Care Initiatives Hospice - Muscatine
Muscatine, Iowa
- Eligibility
- Palliative Medicine
- Shift
- Rotating
- Unit
- Hospice
Posted Jul 17 · Not open to new grads
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Rotating
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- On call
- Setting
- Home Health
- Accepts
- RN
More role details
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- Similar IA staff roles post $34/hr to $47/hr
IA staff postings that state pay run $29/hr to $50/hr, the middle half $34/hr to $47/hr, across 176 postings.
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About this role
Are you a compassionate RN seeking to make a profound impact in the lives of patients during their final stages? Join Care Initiatives Hospice as a Hospice Nurse - RN - 7D on/7D off, where you'll provide comprehensive care that truly matters. Our Hospice Nurse - RN - 7D on/7D off go above and beyond by meeting patients and families where they feel most comfortable, whether it's at home, a long-term care community, assisted living residence, or hospital.
This personalized approach ensures tailored care that meets their unique needs. At Care Initiatives Hospice, we embrace a holistic approach, addressing the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of those facing life-limiting illnesses. Working closely with family members and caregivers, we foster a collaborative environment to honor the needs and wishes of our patients and their loved ones.
By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to provide care with the utmost compassion, dignity, and respect during this significant phase of life. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. What you'd do as the Hospice Nurse - RN - 7D on/7D off: This is a full-time role that is 7 days on and 7 days off.
This position takes calls from 4:30 P. M until 8:00 A. M. each night as well as taking calls through the weekend. Some scheduled visits may also be assigned. Support patients and families in the time of their greatest need and respond to emergent needs on weekends, evenings and overnight.
Assist the caregivers and patients, provide meds available and offer teaching to ensure comfort for pain, breathlessness, dying/transitioning or support at the time of death with compassion, integrity, respect, and dignity in all our interactions.
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Requirements
- RN
- RN License
- Minimum of two years of recent clinical nursing experience
- Current valid CPR certification
- BLS Certification
- Demonstrated patience and a supportive and sensitive approach to providing patient, family, and caregiver support
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- Willingness and ability to provide care in facility and patient home settings
- In-home healthcare experience
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine experience
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Referral bonus program
- Paid time off
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- Digital wallet (access to earned pay)
Place
- City
- Muscatine, Iowa
- Median rent
- $974/mo
- Local household income
- $58,117/yr
- State price level
- 12% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Iowa index 87.8, where 100 is the national average.
Muscatine sits along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, offering small-town Midwestern charm with a rich riverfront history. Known as the 'Pearl of the Mississippi,' it blends quiet residential streets with easy access to outdoor recreation—a relaxed setting for nurses seeking community-focused living away from big-city pace.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
You would join Care Initiatives Hospice in Muscatine as a Hospice RN covering patient homes, long-term care, assisted living, and hospital settings across Muscatine, Louisa, Henry, Scott, and Washington counties. The work is holistic—physical, emotional, and spiritual support—rather than a…
On your path
Hospice is a specialty you move into. Med surg, oncology, or home health is the usual door in.
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