Hospice RN - Weekend

About the role

Hillcrest Health Services is seeking a compassionate and clinically confident Hospice Weekend RN to join their team in Omaha, NE. The role serves the Omaha and Southwest Iowa areas, providing hospice nursing care on weekends.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Primary Weekend RN responsible for coordinating and providing hospice nursing care across the Omaha and Southwest Iowa service areas every Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. until Midnight.
• Partner with your Weekend RN teammate to prioritize patient needs, coordinate visit assignments, and provide seamless weekend coverage.
• Receive and triage incoming patient care needs, determining the appropriate clinical response and urgency of each request.
• Travel throughout the service area to complete urgent skilled nursing visits based on patient needs.
• Answer on-call requests in a timely manner while providing accurate triage and professional support to patients, families, and facility partners.
• Assess the physical, functional, nutritional, and emotional needs of assigned patients on an ongoing basis.
• Provide skilled nursing services in accordance with each patient’s individualized plan of care.
• Promptly respond to changes in condition, symptom-management needs, family concerns, and urgent care situations.
• Initiate plans of care in collaboration with the attending physician, medical director, patient, and family.
• Provide education, guidance, and reassurance to patients and family members regarding symptoms, medications, care needs, and available hospice support.
• Participate in team conferences, service line meetings, and care coordination activities as required.
• Collaborate with hospice team members to ensure patient and family needs are prioritized and addressed.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation and on-call logs for all calls received through the answering service.
• Submit required on-call documentation in accordance with department expectations.
• Build positive and professional relationships with patients, families, referral partners, facilities, providers, and team members.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse license in Nebraska or a compact state required.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• At least three years of nursing experience, preferably in hospice, home health, palliative care, emergency, or acute-care settings.
• Strong assessment, triage, symptom-management, and clinical decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and urgent situations with professionalism and compassion.
• Strong communication skills with patients, families, providers, facilities, and interdisciplinary team members.
• A calm, flexible, and supportive approach during emotionally challenging situations.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate documentation.
• Comfort using clinical technology, electronic documentation systems, and available resources efficiently.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.

Skills

• Compassion
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Decision-making
• Documentation
• Emergency response
• Facility management
• Home care
• Interdisciplinary teamwork
• Liaison
• Nursing
• On-call management
• Physical assessment
• Professionalism
• Quality assurance
• Teamwork

Benefits

No specific benefits are mentioned in the job posting.

Pay

The position offers 40 hours of guaranteed pay each week, with 32 scheduled hours and 8 hours of guaranteed compensation for weekend shifts.

Schedule

This is a full-time weekend position, not a traditional on-call role. The schedule is Every Saturday & Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to Midnight.