Hospice Inpatient Unit RN (Registered Nurse)

Bring your clinical expertise to care that truly matters.

Are you an experienced RN who thrives in a fast-paced environment, thinks critically, and wants to use your clinical skills to make a meaningful difference?

Join Hudson Valley Hospice!

Our per-diem Hospice RNs provide expert, compassionate care to patients and families while working as an essential part of an interdisciplinary hospice team.

Night Shift RNs Receive a 5% Differential(Earn an additional 5% night differential for all eligible night shifts).

Why Join Hudson Valley Hospice?

• 5% Night Differential
• Company-Matched 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Year-End Bonuses
• Hospice & Palliative Care Certification
• Opportunities to cross-train and expand your hospice experience
• Supportive interdisciplinary team environment
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference for patients and families every day

About the Role:

As a Hospice Inpatient Registered Nurse, you’ll provide skilled nursing care to patients and families while helping coordinate a comprehensive plan of care tailored to each patient’s unique needs.

You’ll use your assessment skills, clinical judgment, and critical-thinking abilities to manage symptoms, identify changes in condition, provide education and support, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.

This is a role where your nursing expertise can make an immediate and lasting impact.

What you will be doing:

• Perform initial and ongoing patient/family, physical, emotional, psycho-social, cultural and spiritual assessments to ensure and coordinate the delivery of comprehensive, holistic services by the Interdisciplinary Hospice Team.
• Provide palliative nursing care and symptom control in accordance with physician orders and IDG plan of care.
• Documents and enters into EMR all assessments and interventions before the end of the shift.
• Develop and prioritize the interdisciplinary care plan goals of the patient/family, hospice team and attending physician, prior to team meetings.
• Provide anticipatory guidance to the patient/family to assist in preparing for coping with events as they occur.
• Can effectively communicate in English, both verbally (in person and by phone) and in writing.
• Revises nursing diagnosis, goals and interventions, expected outcomes, and plan of care based on assessment of data and input of patients and family members prior to the weekly IDG meeting.

Skills we are looking for:

• Can work independently or in a team setting
• Ability to exercise critical thinking skills
• Skill to prioritize and handle multiple tasks effectively
• Ability to stay calm under pressure and stressful situations
• Bilingual is a plus!

Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Work in fast paced environment
• Ability to lift at least 30 pounds of supplies and/or equipment
• Moderate/High level of possible exposure to infectious agents.
• Routine duties involve potential for direct exposure to blood or body fluids.

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school.
• Valid New York State nursing license.
• Minimum of at least 2 years of nursing experience required
• Minimum of at least 1 year ICU, Med-Surg, ER or similar required; one year of hospice experience preferred
• Venipuncture and IV placement certification preferred

Hours:

Part Time

• 24 hours/week
• (2) 12.5 hour shifts (7:00pm-7:30am)
• Every other weekend rotation
• 3 holidays/year

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Pay:$44.87-47/hr; 5% night differential for night shifts

Benefits: Company Matched 403b, Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care, and more!

Hudson Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Ready to Put Your Nursing Expertise to Work Where It Matters Most?

At Hudson Valley Hospice, your clinical skills do more than treat symptoms—they help patients experience comfort, dignity, and quality of life while giving families the support they need.

If you’re an RN who wants flexibility, meaningful work, professional growth, and the opportunity to make a difference, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

Bring your experience. Trust your clinical judgment. Make every visit count.

Hudson Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay: $44.87 - $47.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Uniform allowance

Application Question(s):

• Are you searching for full time or per diem position?

Experience:

• ICU or Acute Care: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• NYS RN License (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $45 - $47