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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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