Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health Hospice
All County Home Health and Hospice
San Antonio, TX

All County Home Health & Hospice provides positive, life‑changing care to individuals and families throughout the Greater San Antonio area. Our team is united by a shared commitment to exceptional patient care and a culture that genuinely supports the people who deliver it.

⭐ Why Home Health Nurses Choose All County

At All County, our culture is built on core values that guide how we treat our patients—and each other:

• Celebration
• Accountability
• Passion for Learning
• Love One Another
• Intelligent Risk
• Customer Second
• Ownership

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY 

The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience.  The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES 

Patient Care 

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs.   Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es). 
• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process. 
• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by: A.   Writing and initiating plan of care B.   Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs C.   Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis. 
• Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions.  Includes the patient and the family in the planning process. 
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.  Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care. 
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs. 
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan. 
• Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care. 
• Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload. 
  

Communication 

• Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given.  Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate. 
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required. 
• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan. 
• Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate.  Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers.  Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group. 
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient. 
• Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care. 
• Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice Interdisciplinary Group Members to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver. 
• Attends interdisciplinary group meetings. 

Additional Duties 

• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy. 
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services  
  are available. 
• Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required. 
• Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development and maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and practice skills through attendance and participation in continuing education and inservice classes. 
• Fulfills the obligation of requested and/or accepted case assignments. 
• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities. 

About All County

All County is part of the Pennant Group network of Home Health, Hospice, Senior Care, and Assisted Living organizations. This partnership gives us the stability of a large healthcare family while allowing our local team the freedom to innovate and serve our community with a personal touch.

What sets us apart is our commitment to empowering clinicians. We encourage creativity, clinical excellence, and the development of programs that truly meet the needs of our patients.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.  The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US.  Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets.  More information about

The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at