Weekend On-Call Registered Nurse Hospice
Company: Commonwealth Hospice
Location: Danville
Posted on: November 28, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description We are hiring for a Weekend
Registered Nurse in Hospice. This is a Full Time Salaried position.
On-call schedule is Friday 4:30PM to Monday 8AM. Position will
include scheduled visits/admits Saturday & Sunday if warranted.
Hospice experience required. At Commonwealth Hospice, in Danville,
VA a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging,
and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it:
for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the
communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can
find a home for your career here. As a Weekend Registered Nurse in
hospice , you can expect: the ability to develop trusting
relationships as an end-of-life care expert. Being valued and
respected by patients and their families. employee-focused wellness
and support programs incredible team support and empathetic
leadership Take your nursing career to a new level of caring. Join
us. The Weekend Registered Nurse in hospice is responsible for
conducting comprehensive and timely delivery of hospice care for
patients and their families after regular business hours, including
at night and on the weekends. Able to triage patient needs over the
phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit. Responds
appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and
families afterhours. Makes the initial nursing evaluation in
determining eligibility for hospice services, as part of a patient
visit, within forty-eight (48) hours of referral if assigned.
Competent to perform afterhours visits including admission visits,
death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits.
Identifies the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional,
and environmental needs and reassess them as needed, no less than
every fifteen (15) days. Documents problems, appropriate goals,
interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.
Experience Requirements One year of clinical experience. License
Requirements Current RN licensure in the state of practice and one
year of clinical experience. Current CPR Certification. Current
driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a
dependable vehicle, or public transportation. Additional State
Specific Requirements VA: Experience with terminally ill required.
PandoLogic. Keywords: Registered Nurse (RN), Location: Danville, VA
- 24540 , PL: 601189932
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