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About the Role
United Hospice is seeking a compassionate, experienced Pediatric Hospice & Palliative Care Registered Nurse Case Manager to join our growing community-based pediatric hospice and palliative care program. This position offers the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with families, practice nursing with purpose, work alongside a dedicated interdisciplinary team, and make a lasting difference in the lives of children living with serious illness.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, skilled nursing care to pediatric hospice and palliative care patients in their homes and community settings.
- Perform initial, comprehensive, and ongoing nursing assessments of the child's physical, developmental, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
- Develop, implement, evaluate, and update individualized plans of care in collaboration with the child, family, attending provider, hospice/palliative medical team, and interdisciplinary team.
- Assess and manage pain and other complex symptoms, including respiratory distress, agitation, nausea, feeding difficulties, seizures, anxiety, and other symptoms associated with serious illness.
- Recognize changes in clinical condition and respond appropriately, including coordination of urgent and emergent interventions when indicated.
- Administer medications and treatments and educate caregivers regarding medication administration, equipment, treatments, and symptom management.
- Provide skilled nursing procedures appropriate to the child's condition and plan of care.
- Assist families in understanding disease progression, goals of care, treatment options, and what to expect as the child's condition changes.
- Provide compassionate end-of-life care and support families through the dying process.
- Participate in advance care planning and goals-of-care discussions within the scope of nursing practice and organizational protocols.
- Establish trusting relationships with children and families through compassionate, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed care.
- Provide education and emotional support to parents, guardians, siblings, and caregivers.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity and consistency of care.
- Participate in interdisciplinary group meetings and case conferences.
- Coordinate admissions, hospital discharges, transitions of care, and changes in level of care.
- Coordinate medical equipment, medications, supplies, therapies, and other services necessary to safely care for the child at home.
- As needed or assigned, make visits and provide care to adult hospice or palliative care patients in our community program.
Requirements
- Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in New York State.
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program; BSN preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of professional pediatric nursing experience.
- Strong clinical assessment and critical-thinking skills.
- Excellent communication, organization, and care-coordination abilities.
- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and ability to travel throughout the community.
- Ability to work independently while functioning effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Commitment to family-centered, compassionate, and culturally responsive care.
Skills
- Pediatric nursing
- Hospice care
- Palliative care
- Case management
- Skilled nursing assessment
- Symptom management
- Caregiver education
- Care coordination
- Pain management
- End-of-life care
- Advance care planning
- Trauma-informed care
Location
- Community-based
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2 years of professional pediatric nursing experience
Education Level
- BSN preferred
About the Company
- At United Hospice, we believe every child deserves to be comfortable, every family deserves to be supported, and every moment matters.
- As a nonprofit hospice and palliative care organization, our focus is on people, not profits.
- Our pediatric team has the opportunity to provide care based on what is truly best for the child and family.
Equal Opportunity
- United Hospice Is An Equal Opportunity Employer