Registered Nurse - Weekends - Hospice,

About the role

Explore opportunities with Suncrest Hospice, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As the Afterhours Registered Nurse, your primary focus is to conduct comprehensive and timely delivery of hospice care for patients and their families after regular business hours, including at night and on the weekends. Schedule is Friday 4:30 pm – Monday 8 am. Must be able to visit patients in the community as needed.

Responsibilities

• Able to triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in‑person visit
• Responds appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families after hours
• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services, as part of a patient visit, within forty‑eight (48) hours of referral if assigned
• Competent to perform afterhours visits including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits
• Identifies the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassesses them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days
• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Requirements

Current unrestricted RN licensure in the state of practice

Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation

Qualifications

Current CPR certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire

1+ years of clinical experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401(k) contribution

Pay

$5,000 sign‑on bonus for external applicants

Salary range: $70,832 to $106,248 annually (based on full‑time employment)

Schedule

Friday 4:30 pm – Monday 8 am; must be able to visit patients in the community as needed.