Hospice Registered Nurse
Bangor, Maine
Gentiva - 824 Stillwater Avenue

Hospice RN

Location: Bangor, Maine
Shift: 8am - 5pm, Monday to Friday
Hours: 40 hours per week (8 hours per day)
Contract Length: 14 weeks

Job Summary

• Provide direct patient care to hospice patients and supportive care to their families.
• Manage an interdisciplinary team including Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, and support staff to enhance hospice care quality.
• Case manage all assigned patient clinical records, ensuring accurate and updated documentation.
• Perform initial and ongoing patient assessments.
• Develop and implement the Hospice Plan of Care in collaboration with physicians and the interdisciplinary team.
• Deliver comprehensive physical, psychosocial, educational, emotional, and spiritual services, including bereavement support.
• Report changes in patient condition to attending and hospice physicians.
• Practice infection control and standard precautions.
• Monitor staff scheduling and participate in quality assessment and performance improvement programs.
• May participate in on-call schedule.
• Maintain knowledge of pain and symptom management in end-of-life care.
• Conduct supervisory visits with team members at least monthly.
• Maintain close contact with patients’ families to provide information, support, and continuity of care.
• Act as primary liaison between physician, patient/family, and hospice team.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on medication administration, dressing changes, oxygen use, hospice philosophy, and terminal care.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 1 year of hospice experience within the last year.
• Experience in acute care, oncology, long-term care, and home health settings.

Education

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN).
• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Maine.

Certifications & Licensure

• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association.