On-Call Home Health and Hospice Registered Nurse
SouthernCare · Illinois City, IL
FULL-TIME
Posted Nov 2, 2026
90K–108K a year
Job Description
SouthernCare, part of the Gentiva family, is seeking an on-call Registered Nurse to deliver compassionate home-based care to hospice and home health patients. In this field-based role, you will respond to after-hours and urgent needs, performing comprehensive assessments, triage, and timely interventions to manage pain and symptoms. You'll educate patients and families, support end-of-life goals, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to update care plans and ensure high-quality, compliant care. Our culture emphasizes respect, integrity, and patient dignity, offering meaningful connections, clinical growth, and career mobility within a national post-acute care network. Enjoy autonomous practice, supportive leadership, and robust benefits while making a tangible difference in patients' lives at home.
Responsibilities
• Provide on-call skilled nursing care to home-based patients, including assessment, triage, and interventions per care plan
• Respond to urgent patient needs, symptom changes, and after-hours calls, collaborating with hospice and home health teams
• Administer medications, treatments, and pain/symptom management while following physician orders and clinical protocols
• Educate patients and families on disease processes, medications, and home care techniques to support comfort and safety
• Document assessments, interventions, and communications accurately in the electronic medical record in a timely manner
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary team members to update care plans, communicate status changes, and support smooth transitions
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and quality standards while upholding patient dignity and cultural sensitivity
• Participate in case conferences, training, and performance improvement activities to enhance quality outcomes
Required Skills
• Patient assessment and triage
• IV therapy and medication administration
• Wound care management
• Pain and symptom management
• Care planning and care coordination
• Electronic medical record (EMR) documentation
• Patient and family education
• Hospice and palliative care principles
• Infection control and safety compliance
• Time management and autonomous field practice
Responsibilities
• Provide on-call skilled nursing care to home-based patients, including assessment, triage, and interventions per care plan
• Respond to urgent patient needs, symptom changes, and after-hours calls, collaborating with hospice and home health teams
• Administer medications, treatments, and pain/symptom management while following physician orders and clinical protocols
• Educate patients and families on disease processes, medications, and home care techniques to support comfort and safety
• Document assessments, interventions, and communications accurately in the electronic medical record in a timely manner
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary team members to update care plans, communicate status changes, and support smooth transitions
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and quality standards while upholding patient dignity and cultural sensitivity
• Participate in case conferences, training, and performance improvement activities to enhance quality outcomes
Required Skills
• Patient assessment and triage
• IV therapy and medication administration
• Wound care management
• Pain and symptom management
• Care planning and care coordination
• Electronic medical record (EMR) documentation
• Patient and family education
• Hospice and palliative care principles
• Infection control and safety compliance
• Time management and autonomous field practice
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