Job Description:

GIP Hospice Nurse
The GIP (General Inpatient) Hospice Nurse provides compassionate, high#145;acuity end#145;of#145;life care to patients experiencing complex symptoms that cannot be managed in the home setting. This role focuses on rapid assessment, symptom stabilization, and close collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to ensure comfort, dignity, and support for both patients and families. The GIP nurse delivers skilled clinical interventions, clear communication, and emotional guidance while maintaining the highest standards of hospice philosophy and patient#145;centered care.

Join our Hospice team and experience the satisfaction of delivering personalized care that makes a real difference in the lives of patients and their families. This position offers a unique opportunity to expand your clinical skills in areas such as wound care, medication administration, and IV therapy while working in a supportive and compassionate environment. You will work directly with patients in their homes, delivering care that emphasizes comfort, healing, and quality of life.

This is a part-time weekend role that supports a flexible, yet highly rewarding, work schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

• Patient Care: Provide hands-on nursing care, including medication administration, wound care, and IV therapy to patients in their homes.

• Assessment and Evaluation: Assess patients physical and emotional conditions, develop care plans, and ensure safe and effective care delivery.

• Education: Educate patients and caregivers on disease management, treatment plans, and medication administration.

• Collaboration: Work closely with physicians, therapists, and other healthcare providers to coordinate care and optimize patient outcomes.

• Emergency Response: Be prepared to manage emergencies and provide quick, responsive care when needed.

• Documentation: Accurately document patient assessments, treatments, and outcomes using electronic medical records (EMR) systems.

• Weekend Coverage: Provide care on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM on an alternating schedule.

Why Work With Us:

• Autonomous Practice: Enjoy the independence of managing patient care while receiving support from a collaborative healthcare team.

• Skill Development: Gain specialized experience in areas such as wound care, medication management, and IV therapy, all in a homecare setting.

• Meaningful Work: Deliver compassionate care to patients in their own homes, where comfort and healing can take place.

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible weekend shifts (every other weekend), allowing you to balance work with your personal life.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive Pay Rate based on experience

• Incentives: Up to $337 annual caregiver incentive and a $1,500 referral bonus

• Opportunities for Professional Development through training and certification programs

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Minimum Qualifications:

• Current RN License in the state of practice

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers

• Valid drivers license with reliable transportation, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance

• Effective Communication Skills - Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with patients, families, and healthcare teams

• Experience: RNs with less than 12 months of experience as an RN must complete their BSN within five years of their start date.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN)

• One year of RN experience in Acute Care, Home Health, or Hospice settings

• Experience in Wound Care, IV Therapy, or Medication Management

If youre ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients, apply now to join the Intermountain Homecare Hospice team!

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Home Services - Salt Lake City

Work City:

South Jordan

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

12

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$34.53 - $52.25

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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