Travel Hospice Nurse

Liberty Health is seeking a dedicated Travel Hospice Nurse to provide compassionate end-of-life care within a regional service area. In this fulfilling role, you will perform comprehensive assessments, manage symptoms and pain, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based, person-centered care. Your efforts will play a crucial role in educating patients and their families, ensuring compliant documentation, and enhancing quality-focused initiatives. Join us in making a meaningful impact and supporting diverse communities through both home and facility-based hospice care.

Key Responsibilities
• Deliver compassionate hospice nursing care to adult patients in various settings, including homes and facilities.
• Conduct thorough nursing assessments, develop symptom management, and implement pain control plans following evidence-based protocols.
• Administer medications and treatments, monitor patient responses, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to adjust care plans as necessary.
• Provide education to patients and families about disease progression, comfort-focused care, and end-of-life decision-making processes.
• Coordinate with physicians, social workers, chaplains, and other team members to ensure that care is person-centered and aligned with patient goals.
• Accurately document assessments, interventions, and outcomes in the electronic health record in a timely manner.
• Participate in case conferences, engage in quality improvement activities, and contribute to outcomes-focused initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to hospice, Medicare, and state nursing regulations.
• Travel to various patient locations, adapting to different care settings and working with community partners.
• Provide on-call coverage as scheduled, responding promptly to urgent patient and family needs.

Essential Skills
• Expertise in hospice nursing
• Proficiency in pain and symptom management
• Ability to develop palliative care plans
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR) documentation
• Skilled in IV and medication administration
• Strong care coordination abilities
• Knowledge of home health and hospice regulations (Medicare/Medicaid)
• Capable of patient and family education
• Effective in interdisciplinary team collaboration
• Competent in clinical triage and on-call response