RN Hospice Full-time
Intermountain Health

Registered Nurse Palliative Care

Intermountain Health Good Samaritan, CA 95124, US

Job Description:

This position offers the opportunity to practice at the top of your license while helping patients and families navigate complex healthcare decisions with compassion and confidence. You'll combine clinical expertise with meaningful relationship-building in a role that truly impacts quality of life and patient outcomes.

What Does It Mean to Be Part of Our Palliative Care & Hospice Team?

At Intermountain Health, we recognize that serious illness affects more than physical health. Our Palliative Care and Hospice teams work together to provide holistic, patient-centered care that supports patients and families through some of life's most challenging moments.

As a Palliative Care and Hospice RN, you will partner closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, chaplains, therapists, and case managers to ensure patients receive compassionate, coordinated care.

Whether helping a patient better manage symptoms and improve quality of life through palliative care services or guiding families through a hospice admission, you'll play a critical role in ensuring every patient receives care that reflects their goals and wishes.

This role offers the unique opportunity to impact patients throughout their healthcare journey while building meaningful relationships and supporting informed decision-making.

Why Work With Us?

  • Meaningful Patient Connections: Build trusting relationships with patients and families while making a lasting difference during important moments in their lives.

  • Specialized Clinical Practice: Develop expertise in symptom management, serious illness care, advance care planning, and hospice transitions.

  • Collaborative Team Environment: Work alongside a dedicated interdisciplinary team committed to delivering exceptional patient-centered care.

  • Professional Growth Opportunities: Access continuing education, leadership development, certification support, and career advancement opportunities throughout Intermountain Health.

  • Autonomy and Variety: Enjoy a dynamic role that combines patient assessment, education, care coordination, admissions, and advocacy.

  • Work-Life Balance: Monday-Friday schedule from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

At Intermountain Health, our mission is to help people live the healthiest lives possible. We believe our caregivers are the heart of that mission.

  • Mission-Driven Organization: Join a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health system dedicated to providing extraordinary care.

  • Patient-Centered Focus: Deliver care that prioritizes dignity, comfort, quality of life, and shared decision-making.

  • Supportive Leadership and Culture: Collaborate with leaders and colleagues who are committed to your success and well-being.

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Competitive compensation, medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, and generous paid time off.

  • Career Mobility: Explore opportunities across hospitals, clinics, homecare, hospice, and specialty service lines throughout Intermountain Health.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current RN License in state of practice.

  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.

  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

  • Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).

  • RNs with less than 12 months of experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within four years of hire.

  • Current driver's license, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record if travel is required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous experience in Palliative Care, Hospice, Oncology, Case Management, Critical Care, Medical-Surgical Nursing, or Care Coordination.

  • Experience conducting patient and family education, goals-of-care discussions, and care transition planning.

  • Strong assessment, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.

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:

Good Samaritan Hospital

Work City:

Lafayette

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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

$37.45 - $57.29

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.


Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.


By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.


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.


At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.


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