Job Description
Overview
IU Health Hospice Care provides patients with comprehensive care delivered by a highly trained, interdisciplinary team led by the hospice medical director. IU Health Hospice RNs provide skilled care in the patient’s home setting. This may be a private residence, an assisted living facility, a skilled nursing facility, or a group home. The holistic services that our Hospice professionals offer add to our patients’ overall quality of life.
Hospice RNs participate in a team approach to serving patients and have flexibility and significant autonomy to provide patients with individualized care and to support to patients’ family members. Services provided include pain management, catheter care, wound care, chronic disease management, patient / family education, and compassionate end of life care. The case management aspects of this role offer tremendous satisfaction and reward.
Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by you, with a flexible schedule, competitive benefits, a culture that embraces your outstanding strengths, and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can engage professionally, develop clinical expertise, foster learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, join us!
As Indiana’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, and the number 1 ranked healthcare system in Indiana, we offer:
- Increased pay scale
- 401(K) retirement savings with employer match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness - Government program that may allow qualifying participants to have the remainder of their student loan balance forgiven (after a set amount of time and specific qualifications have been met).
- Employee Assistance Program – Counseling at no cost to you
- Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck! The more you participate, the more you earn!
This is a Monday - Friday schedule, working 8-hour shifts with limited on call responsibilities.
IU Health Hospice RNs are eligible to receive a bonus with each pay period based on quality and productivity. If nurses meet quality standards, they can earn an estimated $14,560 per year in addition to base salary.
- Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelors of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
- Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
- Requires that the RN has graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
- Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
- Other advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at IU Health. IU Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Indiana University Health is Indiana’s most comprehensive health system, with 16 hospitals and nearly 40,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state. Our partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine gives our team members access to the very latest science and the very best training, advancing care for all. We’re looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. People who are inspired by challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day. People who are always ready to apply themselves.