Inpatient Registered Nurse - PT Nights
About the Role
As a Bluegrass Care Navigators' Hospice Team member, you will be part of a team providing care and support to patients and their families who choose comfort-focused care over curative treatments for terminal illness. Care is delivered where the patient calls home—houses, apartments, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or hospitals. For patients with complex needs requiring higher-level attention, care is provided at one of our Hospice Care Centers.
Bluegrass Care Navigators is committed to a work setting that treats all team members with fairness, dignity, and respect, offering opportunities for professional growth and teamwork. This role allows you to make a lasting difference in a supportive environment where your work and time are valued.
Schedule
2X12s (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM), rotating weekends and holidays.
Responsibilities
- Provide skilled, professional, and compassionate nursing care to patients and their families within the inpatient hospice unit and hospital settings.
- Deliver care in accordance with physician orders, the hospice plan of care, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies.
- Perform assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care, including symptom management and end-of-life support.
- Provide patient and family education.
- Manage emotionally challenging situations with patients and families while respecting diverse lifestyles and beliefs.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of professional (registered) nursing.
- Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse through the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
- Minimum of two (2) years of general nursing experience preferred; hospice, home health, medical-surgical, or critical care experience preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in pain management; IV therapy skills preferred.
- Self-directed with the ability to work independently while exercising appropriate judgment.
- Maintains current CPR certification.