Job Description

Awarded Best Quality of Care — Once Again!
Behind every award is a story, and ours is written every day by more than 900 dedicated employees and hundreds of compassionate volunteers who walk alongside patients and families when they need us most.
At Community Hospice & Palliative Care, we’re honored to be recognized with the Hospice Honors Elite award, a testament not just to our clinical excellence, but to the compassion we bring to every bedside, every home, every conversation. Every day, we serve approximately 1,500 patients living with advanced illness, wherever they call home, be it a private residence, a long-term care or assisted living facility, a hospital, or in one of our nine inpatient care centers.
We’re here to improve quality of life, to ease pain and lift burdens, and to be the Compassionate Guide that families need when time matters most. And most importantly, as the only non-profit hospice provider in the region, we never turn anyone away due to an inability to pay.

Under the direction of Pediatric Manager, the in-home Respite Nurse is responsible for providing direct patient care including initial and ongoing assessment of patient needs, symptom management and care, with appropriate and ordered interventions completed.
Position Details
• PRN Eligibility Status: Available to work a minimum of four (4) days/shifts a month; no on-call
• Shift Length: Usually 4-8 hours each
• Locations: Home care, primarily around Duval County (may include Nassau, Baker, Clay, or St. Johns at times)
• Compensation: $35.00 hour base salary, plus paid driving mileage
Job Responsibilities
• Follows Plan of Care and Medication Administration as ordered by the physician, to include nursing interventions, medication administration and treatments, bathing, transferring, feeding, teaching, death/discharge process.
• Completes documentation in the home, specific to the care, interventions performed, and medications administered, hourly and as needed throughout the care provided. Documentation will include post-mortem care and destruction of medications at the time of death, if applicable.
• Communicates with manager/director if any problems, complaints, concerns related to the patient/patient care/services.
• Adheres to all infection control and patient confidentiality policies and complaint process to the Florida Department of Health.

Education/Experience:
Any combination of education and experience that would provide required skills and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Associates Degree, or possession of a degree from a diploma nursing program
• CPR certification; licensed as a State of Florida registered nurse
• (2) years nursing experience (minimum), ideally with two years of recent pediatric nursing
Desired Knowledge & Skills:
• Principles and practices of pediatric nursing
• Completing accurate physical assessments
• Ability to work within framework of varying patients’ home environments and locations

Community Hospice & Palliative Care, including all of its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, is committed to complying with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure equal access to employment opportunities and the ability to perform the essential functions of a position. If you require an accommodation to complete the application process, interview, or perform the essential functions of a role, please contact Human Resources at humanresources@aliviacare.com.
We participate in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Where applicable, and as required by law, employment with Community Hospice & Palliative Care may be contingent upon successful completion of a background screening initiated by the organization through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Background Screening Clearinghouse. More information about the Clearinghouse, including positions that require screening, can be found here: https://info.flclearinghouse.com. Equal Opportunity Employer