Travel Registered Nurse — Hospice, Southeast Region

Job overview

The Travel Registered Nurse — Hospice, Southeast Region role is onsite, based in West Columbia, SC, and requires extensive nationwide travel to support hospice agencies with staffing needs. The salary range is $71,640–$107,460 per year based on full-time employment. Amedisys, part of the Optum family, provides home health, hospice, and community-based care. The nurse provides comprehensive hospice care by assessing patients, coordinating and revising care plans, delivering interventions, and evaluating outcomes. The role helps maintain continuity and clinical standards across agencies while supporting patients and families through communication, education, symptom management, and interdisciplinary coordination; assigned on-call responsibilities are included.

What you'll do

• Travel extensively throughout the company to provide patient care at agencies needing permanent staff
• perform initial nursing assessments for new admissions
• complete, coordinate, and revise plans of care
• collaborate with staff to maintain continuity
• communicate patient progress to clinical managers, physicians, and care teams
• maintain patient records
• document pain and symptom management outcomes
• educate families
• make hospice discipline referrals as needed
• perform assigned on-call responsibilities.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

travel registered nurse

hospice

patient assessment

care planning

patient and family education

symptom management

interdisciplinary care

nationwide travel

on-call responsibilities

west columbia sc

optum

$71,640–$107,460/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility.

Why this role

Extensive nationwide travel; supports hospice agencies experiencing staffing needs; assigned on-call responsibilities.

About the employer

Optum is hiring for this role. Industry: Home Health Care Services. Sector: 62.