Hospice – RN

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Job ID: 891745

Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,055.93

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Hospice (Home Health)

Location

Kansas City, MO | Home Health / Hospice

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Full-Time | Days | Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (flexible start/end times) | 5×8-Hour Shifts | On-call required (1 night shift on-call every other week)

Key Responsibilities

• Manage or support a home hospice patient caseload of approximately 14–16 end-of-life patients, conducting visits 1–2 times per week (approximately 1 hour per visit)
• Assist other case managers with routine visits to help offload caseload as needed
• Provide compassionate care to patients with a prognosis of 6 months or less, including those with diagnoses such as Heart Failure, Heart Disease, COPD, Cancer, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s
• Serve patients across a metro hospice area that may include both Missouri and Kansas counties (MO: Jackson, parts of Clay and Cass; KS: Johnson and Wyandotte)
• Participate in on-call rotation (1 night shift on-call every other week)
• Document patient care using EPIC

  Required Qualifications

  • Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in Missouri; dual licensure in both Missouri and Kansas strongly preferred
  • BLS certification required
  • Minimum 1 year of experience in Home Health or Hospice nursing; first-time travelers accepted
  • No pending licenses accepted — active licensure required at time of submission
  • Reliable personal transportation required for home visits
  • Must reside at least 75 miles from the facility to be eligible — local candidates are not accepted

  Preferred Experience / Skills

  • Dual licensure in both Kansas and Missouri (or compact license) strongly preferred due to bi-state patient caseload
  • Experience managing a hospice caseload independently
  • Familiarity with EPIC electronic health records system
  • Experience caring for patients with cardiac, pulmonary, oncologic, or neurodegenerative diagnoses in an end-of-life setting

  Why Join Us

  • Meaningful, patient-centered work supporting individuals and families through end-of-life care in the comfort of home
  • Flexible scheduling within a Monday–Friday daytime structure with an expected average daily census of 60 patients across the service area

  
  

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