Travel Nurse RN - Hospice - $2,452 per week in Missoula, MT

Registered Nurse - Hospice Case Manager

Join a dedicated hospice team in Missoula, Montana, as a Registered Nurse Case Manager. This role involves providing comprehensive skilled nursing and compassionate case management to patients and their families in their place of residence. You will play a crucial role in coordinating care, ensuring continuity, and facilitating optimal clinical and quality-of-life outcomes through an interdisciplinary approach.

The position focuses on patient assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, with a strong emphasis on patient and family education. While primarily a Case Manager role, the position may initially involve duties as a Visiting RN, with the same core clinical responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care and coordinate services for hospice patients in their residential settings, based on physician authorization and an interdisciplinary team approach.
• Conduct thorough assessments of patients' physical and psychosocial statuses, including changes in condition, and develop individualized care plans.
• Implement and evaluate interventions, monitor patient responses to treatments and medications, and adjust care plans as necessary.
• Oversee and evaluate the care provided by Home Health Aides and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to ensure adherence to the plan of care.
• Ensure seamless continuity of care through effective communication, information exchange, and case conferences with other disciplines and community resources.
• Promote optimal health and quality of life through patient and family teaching, counseling, appropriate interventions, and referrals, focusing on symptom management.
• Maintain accurate, current, and complete patient records in accordance with agency standards, OASIS requirements, and current reimbursement regulations.
• Participate in team scheduling coordination and an on-call rotation, which includes telephone assessments and making home visits as required to meet patient care needs.
• Engage in quality improvement activities and attend mandatory in-service training sessions.

Required Qualifications

• Valid driver’s license, appropriate auto insurance, and reliable transportation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Two (2) years of recent experience in acute care, home care, or hospice settings.
• Proficiency with Homecare Homebase (HCHB) electronic medical record system.

Skills & Competencies

• Clinical Skills: Venipuncture, catheterization, wound care, parenteral therapy, comprehensive patient assessment, pain and symptom management, end-of-life care planning.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, strong organizational and time management abilities, ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, patient and family education, empathy, and cultural sensitivity.

Shift Details

• Shift Type: Day shift (AM)
• Shift Duration: 8 hours per day
• Days per Week: 5 days
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Start Date: August 27, 2026
• Call Requirements: Participation in an on-call rotation schedule is required.
• Weekend Rotations: Not specified for regular shifts, but includes participation in on-call rotation.

Licensing Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Montana.