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Registered Nurse Palliative Care
Job Description:
At Intermountain Health, we believe every patient deserves compassionate, dignified care that enhances quality of life and supports what matters most to them. As a member of our Palliative Care team in Billings, Montana, you'll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients and families while making a lasting impact in your community. Why Join Our Palliative Care Team?
As a Palliative Care RN, you'll play a meaningful role in supporting patients and families facing serious illness. This position offers the opportunity to provide compassionate, holistic care while helping patients navigate complex healthcare decisions with dignity and comfort.
What You'll Love About This Role :
Make a Difference Every Day by supporting patients and families through challenging healthcare journeys.
Collaborate with an Expert Team including physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, chaplains, therapists, hospice teams, and other specialists.
Grow Your Clinical Expertise in symptom management, advance care planning, patient education, and interdisciplinary care coordination.
Enjoy Work-Life Balance with a Monday-Friday schedule (8:00 AM-5:00 PM) and no routine nights, weekends, or holidays.
Join a Supportive Culture that values compassion, belonging, caregiver well-being, and professional development.
Live and Work in Billings, Montana , a vibrant community offering outdoor recreation, strong community connections, and an exceptional quality of life.
Comprehensive Benefits Package including competitive pay, health benefits, retirement plans, paid time off, and career development opportunities.
What You'll Do
Coordinate care and serve as a navigator for palliative care patients and their families.
Provide patient and family education regarding diagnosis, treatment options, and available resources.
Assess symptoms and collaborate with providers to support symptom management plans.
Triage patient and family calls, questions, and care concerns.
Coordinate services across primary care, specialty care, hospice, home health, and community resources.
Support advance care planning conversations and documentation.
Provide ongoing follow-up and care coordination throughout the patient's healthcare journey.
This is an excellent opportunity for a compassionate nurse who is passionate about whole-person care, patient advocacy, and improving quality of life for those facing serious illness.
What You'll Bring
Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills
Compassionate communication and relationship-building abilities
Experience collaborating within interdisciplinary healthcare teams
Commitment to high-quality, patient- and family-centered care
Excellent care coordination and documentation skills
Ability to support patients and families through complex healthcare journeys
Professional accountability and sound clinical judgment
Minimum Qualifications
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice. Nurses working under a compact license must transfer their license to the state of practice within 60 days of employment.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution. Education will be verified.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.
RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of hire.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in palliative care, hospice, oncology, primary care, care management, case management, critical care, or medical-surgical nursing.
Experience supporting patients with chronic or serious illness and complex symptom management.
Experience with advance care planning, goals-of-care discussions, and care coordination preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the requirements in effect at the time of hire or promotion.
Physical Requirements
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Location:
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital Work City:
Billings Work State:
Montana Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40 The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$38.37 - $57.29
We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.
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Worksite address
billings, MT, 59107, US
Who can apply
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