Registered Nurse, Hospice Inpatient, Nights

Overview

Required skills & experience: 1. Registered Nurse with a current nursing licensure (TN). 2. Knowledge of or willingness to learn hospice care. 3. Minimum one year nursing practice or equivalent experience preferred, but not required. 4. Hospice, Oncology, MedSurg, Cardiac and/or long-term care preferred. What you need to know: 1. Educates patients and/or families in disease process, hospice care, and signs/symptoms of approaching death. 2. Exemplifies high level of written oral and listening communication skills, always respecting patient confidentiality. 3. Communicates and supports agency mission and values in all professional interactions. 4. Full-time night schedule at 30-bed facility offering residential hospice and general inpatient hospice.

Benefits

Company

The only nonprofit provider of hospice care and end-of-life services in Middle Tennessee. Its mission is to provide loving care for people with life-threatening illnesses, support to their families, and service to the community in a spirit of enriching lives. This includes in-home and in-patient hospice care, grief support, advance care planning, outreach, support to underserved communities, education, financial assistance, a comprehensive volunteer program, and professional training through the Alive Institute. A pioneer in the “good death” movement, Alive established the third hospice in the nation in 1975. T