Overview
Registered Nurse – Hospice Jobs in Phoenix, AZ at Hospice of Greater Arizona
Job Overview
Join our compassionate healthcare team as a Registered Nurse specializing in Hospice care, where your expertise will provide comfort, dignity, and support to patients and their families during life’s most sensitive moments. In this vital role, you will deliver personalized patient care, coordinate interdisciplinary services, and ensure seamless communication across care teams. Your dedication will help create a peaceful environment that respects each patient’s wishes and promotes quality of life. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those facing serious illness, utilizing your extensive nursing skills and compassionate approach.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive patient assessments to determine needs, symptoms, and care priorities with attention to physiology and disease progression.
- Develop and implement individualized care plans aligned with patient goals, ensuring adherence to HIPAA regulations and medical records standards.
- Manage symptom control and palliative interventions, providing emotional support and education to patients and families.
- Coordinate discharge planning, post-acute care arrangements, and outpatient services to ensure continuity of care.
- Monitor vital signs, medication administration, and diagnostic evaluations while maintaining accurate documentation in medical records.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams including physicians, social workers, chaplains, and case managers to deliver holistic hospice care.
- Educate patients and caregivers on disease management, medication use, and advance directives to empower informed decision-making.
Experience
- Proven nursing experience with a strong background in critical care settings such as ICU, emergency medicine, or trauma centers (Level I or Level II Trauma Center experience preferred).
- Hands-on experience in hospital medicine, medical-surgical units, or post-acute outpatient clinics demonstrating patient service excellence.
- Familiarity with infectious disease care protocols, behavioral health considerations, geriatrics, pediatrics (PICU), or OR experience is advantageous.
- Knowledge of hospital experience including intake processes, utilization management, diagnostic evaluation, case management and inpatient/outpatient workflows.
- Strong understanding of physiology principles relevant to acute care environments combined with excellent patient assessment skills.
- Experience working within managed care frameworks while adhering to HIPAA standards for medical records confidentiality.
- Ability to perform comprehensive patient evaluations including vital signs monitoring and clinical documentation in fast-paced settings such as emergency rooms or inpatient units. This role is ideal for dedicated nurses eager to bring their diverse clinical expertise into a rewarding hospice environment where compassionate patient-centered care is at the forefront of everything we do.
Pay: $83,471.73 – $95,525.09 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
Title: Registered Nurse – Hospice
Company: Hospice of Greater Arizona
Location: Phoenix, AZ
