Registered Nurse Hospice

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Hospice

Location

Colchester, VT

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Days | Full-Time | Onsite | Monday through Sunday rotation; 10-hour day shifts with weekend rotation as required

Key Responsibilities

• Provide end-of-life care including complex symptom assessment, management, and patient/caregiver education across home, SNF/ALF, and inpatient hospice settings
• Initiate and participate in goals-of-care discussions and care planning with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team
• Manage and administer medications via multiple routes including IV, subcutaneous, oral, sublingual, and rectal; maintain central lines including PORT/IVAD, PICC, and other central lines
• Perform unit-specific procedures including pain management, continuous infusion initiation, palliative sedation, tracheostomy care, wound care, ostomy and drain management, and venipuncture
• Operate and monitor specialized equipment including CADD pumps, IV pumps, BiPap, CPAP, cough assist machines, and nebulizers
• Document clinical findings and care plans accurately using a narrative-heavy electronic medical record system; manage an assigned geographic patient caseload

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license required at time of submission
• Minimum of 3 years of community hospice nursing experience
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• EPIC EMR experience within the past 2 years — required and non-negotiable
• Strong critical thinking skills with demonstrated ability to perform comprehensive end-of-life assessments and symptom management
• Proficient typing skills required due to narrative-heavy documentation system

Preferred Experience / Skills

• 3–5 years of overall clinical nursing experience
• Experience floating between home hospice and inpatient hospice settings
• Familiarity with Net Smart or similar hospice-focused EMR platforms
• Experience caring for both adult and pediatric hospice patient populations

Why Join Us

• Work within a well-established hospice program serving both inpatient and community-based patients, supported by an interdisciplinary team including a full-time Nurse Practitioner and CNA/PCT staff
• Reliable transportation is required as this role involves community-based visits; candidates should be prepared for seasonal driving conditions from November through April