Hospice Afterhours Triage RN (Remote)

At Elara Caring, we have a unique opportunity to play a huge role in the growth of an entire home care industry. Here, each employee has the chance to make a real difference by carrying out our mission every day. Join our elite team of healthcare professionals, providing the Right Care, at the Right Time, in the Right Place.

Remote Hospice Triage Registered Nurse (Part-Time) *Compact RN License Required At Elara Caring, hospice care means helping patients live with dignity, comfort, and peace—wherever they call home. As a Hospice Triage Nurse, you’ll provide critical support to patients and families during evenings, nights, and weekends, ensuring their needs are met with compassion, expertise, and timely care decisions. Schedule: Week 1: Tues, Wed, Thurs, and Fri 4p-9p CST Week 2 Sat & Sun 10a-10p + Mon 4p-9p *this schedule would rotate Why this role matters: In this remote triage role, you’ll be the first line of clinical support—providing assessments, symptom management, and emotional reassurance by phone. Your expertise will guide families through difficult moments and help ensure patients remain comfortable in their final journey.

Ensures that all activities performed align with the vision of Elara Caring’s board of directors, executive team, and the leadership of the Hospice team. Promotes Elara Caring’s philosophy, mission statement and administrative policies to ensure quality of care. Maintains patient and staff privacy and confidentiality pursuant to HIPAA Privacy Final Rule. Plans, directs, and participates in delivery of professional services to hospice clients. Communicates significant findings, problems, changes in condition or environment, and unsafe conditions to the physician and other personnel involved with patient care. Initiates plan for patient safety, using the patient, family, and community resources. Verifies the plan of care for the episode according to physician’s orders, assessment data, established standards and guidelines while identify and initiating actions based on deviations from normal nursing and condition. Assumes primary responsibility for “hospice after hours supervisor” including assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the plan of care for patients and families. Maintains current knowledge of, and promotes compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations. Keeps fully cognizant of current Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party reimbursement regulations. Manages and directs field staff, weekend office staff, agency staff, other health care professionals, clients, and families related to appropriate and available health care resources to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and appropriate hospice services. Supervises, processes and coordinates patient referrals, physician orders, staff assignments, and patient re-certifications, and communications between various caregivers, the patient and their family, and the referring physician. Completes death event documentation as required upon notification of patient death. Determines appropriate need for spiritual or social work service and facilitates visits. Identifies and instructs staff on admission criteria for new clients and evaluates eligibility for hospice care benefits. Assures compliance with the requirements of state licensure, Medicare certification, and any other applicable oversight agencies through policy and procedure development, staff education, and ongoing monitoring activities. Provides an environment which promotes respect for patient, privacy, and property. Performs other duties/projects as assigned.