Inpatient Clinical Manager/Clinical Triage RN

About the role

Lead with Compassion. Support Your Team. Make a Difference. Hospice of South Texas is seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join our team as an Inpatient Clinical Manager / Clinical Triage RN. This leadership position provides day-to-day clinical oversight of our inpatient unit while supporting staff, coordinating patient care, managing staffing needs, and helping ensure consistent, high-quality hospice care. The position also serves as HOST's RN-level clinical triage resource during assigned coverage hours. If you are a strong clinical leader who enjoys developing staff, solving problems, and making a meaningful difference for patients and families, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of inpatient clinical operations.
• Manage IPC staffing schedules, assignments, shift coverage, and clinical workflow.
• Provide visible leadership and support to both day and night shift teams.
• Serve as charge nurse when assigned and provide direct RN shift coverage when necessary to address staffing needs.
• Monitor patient acuity, changes in condition, workloads, handoffs, and clinical concerns.
• Coach, mentor, and support nursing staff through orientation, competency development, performance feedback, and ongoing education.
• Promote high standards for patient care, documentation, communication, teamwork, attendance, and patient/family service.
• Collaborate closely with physicians, the Medical Director, Nurse Practitioners, pharmacy, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Monitor IPC clinical quality measures, audits, incidents, documentation findings, medication trends, and other identified quality indicators.
• Participate in Quality/QAPI activities and follow through on identified opportunities for improvement.
• Manage and coordinate HOST's inpatient respite program, including admissions, stays, discharges, staffing readiness, and communication with families and the interdisciplinary team.
• Serve as HOST's RN-level clinical triage resource during assigned coverage hours.
• Reconcile after-hours clinical activity and ensure unresolved patient needs are appropriately communicated and handed off for follow-up.
• Track triage activity and trends and provide monthly reporting to the CNO.
• Promote compliance with HOST policies, hospice standards, infection-control practices, safety requirements, and survey readiness.
• Identify and escalate significant patient-safety, staffing, regulatory, or operational concerns to the CNO.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Diploma, Associate, or Baccalaureate School of Nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse license.
• Minimum of five years of RN clinical experience.
• Minimum of two years of supervisory, charge nurse, or clinical leadership experience.
• Strong clinical judgment and critical-thinking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead clinical staff, manage schedules and staffing coverage, establish priorities, and address day-to-day operational needs.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Self-directed, dependable, accountable, and able to make timely decisions in a fast-paced clinical environment.
• Reliable transportation, current Texas Driver's License, and valid auto liability insurance.

Qualifications

• Hospice or inpatient nursing experience.
• Experience or demonstrated competency in hospice and end-of-life care.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• 401(k)
• Life Insurance
• STD/LTD
• Educational Reimbursement