Supplemental Health Care is seeking a travel nurse RN Hospice for a travel nursing job in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Hospice
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Description:
Supplemental Health Care is seeking Registered Nurses in Corpus Christi, Texas for contract assignments with a partnering Hospice House. Whether it's here at home or traveling across the country, we want to connect with you to help you fuel miracles.
Hospice House RN Contract Details:
- $1,566 - $1,746 per week
- Openings are for 3 12 hour shifts per week
- Nightshift
- As a Hospice House Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide expert symptom management, comfort-focused care, and emotional support to patients and families in an inpatient hospice facility. You will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team, ensuring that patients experience dignity and peace at the end of life.
- Provide hands-on nursing care, including pain and symptom management, wound care, and medication administration in accordance with the patient's individualized plan of care.
- Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments and create/update care plans to align with patient needs and goals.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team (physicians, social workers, chaplains, CNAs, and volunteers) to ensure holistic patient and family support.
- Educate patients and families on the dying process, symptom management, and available support resources.
- Document patient status, interventions, and care plan updates accurately in the electronic medical record (EMR).
- Provide emotional support to families, offering reassurance and guidance through the end-of-life journey.
- Ensure compliance with state, federal, and agency policies, including hospice Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and Joint Commission standards.
- Participate in daily shift handoffs, team meetings, and quality improvement initiatives.
- All nurses on contract with SHC are paid weekly
- Estimated weekly payment may include both taxable wages and tax-free reimbursements for meals, housing, and incidentals. Please speak with a recruiter for details.
A hospice house is a specialized healthcare facility designed to provide end-of-life care in a home-like, peaceful environment for patients who can no longer be cared for at home. These facilities prioritize comfort, dignity, and quality of life for individuals with terminal illnesses, typically in their final weeks or days.
We know that hospice care in a hospice house is a very different environment and requires specialized knowledge and support for our nurses to be successful. We offer the benefits, career guidance, and round-the-clock assistance that you want from your employment partner. That's why over 80% of our working nurses say they would recommend us to a friend.
If you'd like more detail on these hospice Registered Nurse assignments or are ready to get started with the placement process, please apply online now.
Supplemental Health Care offers a wide variety of industry-leading benefits including:
- Full medical, dental, vision, life, and even pet insurance to provide you with the coverage you need whenever you need it.
- Round the clock support. No matter where you are or what time it is, Supplemental Health Care is standing by.
- Our Share the Care program is the most dynamic, profitable referral program in the industry. To learn more about Share the Care, check out
- SHC offers a 401k Retirement Savings Program to both full-time and part-time employees with a wide range of investment options.
- Discounted and free online access to CEU courses through Supplemental University. Through our online CEU options, you have access to the courses you need on your schedule.
Requirements:
- Current Texas RN License (or compact state license)
- American Heart Association BLS
- CHPN - Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse Certification preferred
- Valid U.S. Driver's License
- Proficiency in electronic medical records (EMR) documentation.
- Minimum of one year of nursing experience in hospice, palliative care, ICU, ED, oncology, or med-surg preferred
- Strong understanding of pain and symptom management in terminally ill patients.
- Experience with end-of-life discussions and family-centered care.
- Ability to work autonomously while collaborating within an interdisciplinary team.
- Most contracts require some on-call
Supplemental Health Care will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state, or federal law (including San Francisco Ordinance , Los Angeles Municipal Code 189.00, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act). For this type of employment, Kentucky state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment.
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Supplemental Health Care Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Hospice House RN
About Supplemental Health Care
At Supplemental Health Care, a simple belief in the power of caring guides a unique commitment to world-class service in healthcare staffing. For 40 years, we've supported talented professionals pursuing their life calling in hospitals, schools, home health, corrections, behavioral health, and other settings. At SHC, we inspire vital connections and enrich lives and inspire better outcomes.
As recipients of the Best in Staffing Awards for both Client and Talent, Supplemental Health Care is proud to be among only 2% of staffing companies singled out for the distinction based on the real feedback of our employees and the clients we serve. SHC has also earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and is named among the Largest Health Care Staffing companies in the United States by Staffing Industry Analysts.
We are also thrilled to recognize our very own SLP, Dr. Kelly Byrd as the American Staffing Association 2024 National Staffing Employee of the Year and Health Care Sector All-Star. We're honored to connect Dr. Byrd to employment, share her incredible story, and support her family literacy nonprofit.
For everyone that we serve, SHC is the place where caring hearts thrive.
Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Benefits start day 1
- 401k retirement plan
- Continuing Education
- Discount program
- Health savings account