3,823 Hospice nurse jobs
Nobody gets better here — and the work still manages to be about living.
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What a shift asks of you
- You're nursing the whole family; the patient is one person in a room full of grief.
- Symptom management is expert-level pharmacology — comfort is a clinical outcome.
- Caseload rhythm beats shift rhythm: more schedule control, plus on-call rotations for deaths and crises.
- The emotional weight is real and cumulative. Good hospices resource it; ask how.
Hospice nurses focus on comfort, dignity, and family support at end of life. The work is deeply relational, and case-management style caseloads often mean more schedule control than floor nursing.
How you get in
A year or two of med surg, oncology, or home-health experience is the usual door; CHPN certification marks the specialty. Empathy interviews matter as much as the résumé.
An aging population keeps hospice demand structurally rising, and experienced case-managing hospice nurses are consistently hard to hire. Hospice pay by state
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Advanced Practice Provider (ARNP/ PA) - Outpatient Palliative Care
Tampa General HospitalUnited States-Florida-St. Petersburg · Posted today
- New grads welcomed
- APRN
Home Health Clinical Lead | FT | River Valley Home Health and Hospice | Kingman/Bullhead
Posted last week
- RN
- RN
Home Care & Hospice Virtual Care Center Coordinator (RN)
Posted 4 days ago
- RN
- Per diem
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse - Hospice Care (Full-Time, Weekends)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- RN
Nurse Practitioner I / PA - Palliative Care
Posted last week
- NP
- Tuition reimbursement
- RN
Temple University Health System
United States · Health system employer
Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care - Temple Faculty Practice
Posted last week
- NP
Hospice RN Registered Nurse (Weekend On-Call) (Read Description)
Posted 3 days ago
$78,000–$84,000/year
- RN
Registered Nurse Palliative Care - Full Time Nights
Posted last week
- RN
- Night shift
Patient Care Manager - Hospice, Martinez, GA
Posted today
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- RN
Home Health Clinical Lead | FT | River Valley Home Health and Hospice | Kingman/Bullhead
Posted last week
- RN
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Hospice Community Health Nurse (Weekends)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- RN
- Per diem
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
Travel Registered Nurse – Hospice
Posted last week
- RN
- Night shift
- Travel contract
Hospice Nurse Practitioner
Posted last week
- NP
- Rotating shift
- Per diem
Travel Registered Nurse – Hospice
Posted last week
- RN
- Night shift
- Travel contract
Common questions
- What does a Hospice nurse do?
- Hospice nurses focus on comfort, dignity, and family support at end of life. The work is deeply relational, and case-management style caseloads often mean more schedule control than floor nursing. You're nursing the whole family; the patient is one person in a room full of grief.
- How do you become a Hospice nurse?
- A year or two of med surg, oncology, or home-health experience is the usual door; CHPN certification marks the specialty. Empathy interviews matter as much as the résumé.
- What is the job market like for Hospice nursing?
- An aging population keeps hospice demand structurally rising, and experienced case-managing hospice nurses are consistently hard to hire.