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.

Job Description:

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.

What you’ll need:

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Active Compact RN license in good standing (and be willing to get licensed in other non-compacted States)

3+ years of nursing experience, HIGHLY PREFERRED to be in hospice, palliative care, or Home Health

1+ year of leadership, triage, or after-hours clinical experience

Strong assessment skills and ability to prioritize care in high-stress situations

Compassionate communication skills with patients and families

Comfortable using technology and EMR systems remotely

Why join the Elara Caring Hospice team:

Work from home with a consistent rotating schedule

Meaningful 1:1 patient and family support

Be part of a mission-driven hospice care team

Autonomy to make real-time clinical decisions

Supportive leadership and clinical backup

Competitive hourly pay ($36–$38/hour based on experience)

Your Responsibilities:

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.

 

This is more than a job—it’s a calling. If you’re driven to make a difference in the lives of patients at the end of life, we invite you to join our Elara Caring Hospice team and deliver care where it matters most—at home.

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We value the unique skills of veterans and military spouses. We encourage applications from military veterans and their families.

Elara Caring provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age (40 and older), national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 

Elara Caring participates in E-Verify and we will provide the Federal Government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Employers like Elara Caring can only use E-Verify once you have accepted the job offer and completed the Form I-9.

At Elara Caring, pay and compensation are determined by a variety of factors, including education, job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience. Our compensation structure reflects the cost of labor across different U.S. geographic markets, and may vary based on location.

This is not a comprehensive list of all job responsibilities and requirements; upon request, a job description can be provided.

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