Hospice Registered Nurse

Position Title

Hospice Registered Nurse – Olathe Medical Pavilion D

Position Summary / Career Interest

The Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) utilizes the nursing process to provide compassionate, specialized end-of-life care for terminally ill patients, focusing on quality of life, pain management, symptom control, comfort care and dignity rather than curative treatment. Working with an interdisciplinary team (IDT), the Hospice RN creates a patient-centered plan of care, educates caregivers, and offers emotional support to patients and families. The Hospice RN supports patients and their families in homes, skilled nursing facilities, hospital-based inpatient units, or hospice centers.

Responsibilities And Essential Job Functions

• Coordinates care for hospice patients, often with complex conditions, by assessing needs, creating individualized plans of care, advocating and linking with available resources ensuring that comprehensive su...