Hospice Registered Nurse Jobs in New York
Hospice Registered Nurse jobs in New York represent one of the most consistently active markets in the country, concentrated in home health agencies, hospital-based palliative care programs, and freestanding hospice facilities serving patients from entry-level staff RN roles through senior clinical coordinators. The largest hiring activity centers on New York City, Buffalo, and Albany, where established providers like VNS Health, Calvary Hospital, and Northwell Health maintain ongoing hospice and palliative care programs. Pain and symptom management, end-of-life care coordination, and pediatric hospice are among the most sought-after specialties in New York listings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Make a difference. Enjoy flexibility. Do meaningful work. Bring your nursing expertise to a team where compassionate care comes first.
Are you an experienced RN looking for a flexible per-diem opportunity where you can use your clinical expertise to make a profound difference in the lives of patients and families?
Join Hudson Valley Hospice as a Visit Nurse!
As a Visit Nurse, you’ll provide compassionate, skilled hospice care to patients, meeting them wherever they need care—including their homes, hospitals, and nursing facilities.
This is an opportunity to practice nursing in a way that is both clinically rewarding and deeply personal, while working alongside a supportive interdisciplinary team dedicated to quality of life and comfort.
Why Join Hudson Valley Hospice?
We want our nurses to have the flexibility to balance their professional and personal lives while doing work that matters.
Here’s what we offer:
- Flexible per-diem scheduling
- Approximately 6 shifts per month
- Flexible timeframe within the scheduled 8:30 AM–4:30 PM day
- Only 2 weekend days per month required
- Just 1 holiday per year
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Company-Matched 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Year-End Bonuses
- Hospice & Palliative Care Certification
- Opportunities to cross-train and expand your hospice experience
- Supportive interdisciplinary team environment
- The opportunity to make a meaningful difference for patients and families every day
About the Role:
As a Visit Nurse (RN), you’ll provide skilled nursing care focused on comfort, symptom management, dignity, and quality of life.
You’ll work closely with patients, families, caregivers, physicians, RNs, social workers, pastoral care, and other members of the hospice interdisciplinary team to ensure each patient’s unique needs are understood and addressed.
Every visit is an opportunity to provide expert clinical care while also helping patients and families feel supported, informed, and cared for.
What You’ll Do:
- Perform comprehensive initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, including physical, emotional, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
- Develop and revise individualized plans of care based on patient and family needs.
- Coordinate the implementation and delivery of comprehensive, holistic hospice services.
- Provide skilled palliative nursing care and symptom management in accordance with physician orders and the plan of care.
- Educate and support patients, families, and caregivers regarding physical care and hospice services.
- Provide anticipatory guidance to help patients and families prepare for changes and cope with events as they occur.
- Teach, supervise, and counsel caregivers regarding patient care, including observing return demonstrations when appropriate.
- Effectively communicate patient status and changes to family members and caregivers.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient and family services.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure patient needs are met.
- Provide continuous skilled nursing care in the patient’s home when needed.
- Support a variety of patient care needs, including:
- Admissions
- Routine visits
- Symptom management visits
- On-call visits
- End-of-life/death visits
- Assist with patient caseload needs and respond to patient and family concerns according to the plan of care.
What We’re Looking For:
We’re looking for an RN who combines strong clinical skills with compassion, empathy, and a genuine commitment to hospice philosophy.
You should have:
- Graduate from an accredited nursing program
- Valid New York State RN License
- Minimum of 2 years of RN nursing experience
- Experience in oncology, home care, or hospice preferred
- Experience working within a comprehensive interdisciplinary team preferred
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organization and prioritization skills
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities effectively
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating as part of a team
- Understanding of medications, treatments, and therapies used for pain and symptom management
- Comfort and compassion when caring for terminally ill patients
- A genuine understanding of and commitment to the hospice philosophy
- Bilingual skills are a plus!
Where You’ll Work:
Hospice nursing is different every day. You’ll meet patients where they are and provide care in a variety of settings throughout Dutchess County.
The role includes:
- Regular travel by car in all weather conditions
- Visits to patient homes, hospitals, and nursing homes
- Travel throughout the agency’s service area as needed
- Potential exposure to blood or body fluids and contaminated agents
- Working in environments that may present moderate to high safety risks
- Ability to carry up to 25 pounds of equipment and/or supplies into patient homes
- Ability to assist with transferring and positioning an average adult for care
Schedule & Compensation:
Schedule: 6 shifts per month
Weekend Requirement: 2 weekend days per month
Hours: 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, with flexibility around the timeframe
Holiday Requirement: 1 holiday per year
Pay: $39–$43 per hour, depending on experience
Plus: Mileage Reimbursement
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Looking for Nursing Work That Means More?
At Hudson Valley Hospice, you’re not simply treating a diagnosis—you’re helping patients live as comfortably and fully as possible while supporting the people who matter most to them.
If you’re an experienced RN looking for flexibility, meaningful patient relationships, professional growth, and the opportunity to make a difference every time you walk through a patient’s door, we’d love to hear from you.
Hudson Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay: $39.00 - $43.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
Experience:
- RN: 2 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- NYS RN License (Preferred)
Willingness to travel:
- 100% (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road
Make a difference. Enjoy flexibility. Do meaningful work. Bring your nursing expertise to a team where compassionate care comes first.
Are you an experienced RN looking for a flexible per-diem opportunity where you can use your clinical expertise to make a profound difference in the lives of patients and families?
Join Hudson Valley Hospice as a Visit Nurse!
As a Visit Nurse, you’ll provide compassionate, skilled hospice care to patients, meeting them wherever they need care—including their homes, hospitals, and nursing facilities.
This is an opportunity to practice nursing in a way that is both clinically rewarding and deeply personal, while working alongside a supportive interdisciplinary team dedicated to quality of life and comfort.
Why Join Hudson Valley Hospice?
We want our nurses to have the flexibility to balance their professional and personal lives while doing work that matters.
Here’s what we offer:
- Flexible per-diem scheduling
- Approximately 6 shifts per month
- Flexible timeframe within the scheduled 8:30 AM–4:30 PM day
- Only 2 weekend days per month required
- Just 1 holiday per year
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Company-Matched 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Year-End Bonuses
- Hospice & Palliative Care Certification
- Opportunities to cross-train and expand your hospice experience
- Supportive interdisciplinary team environment
- The opportunity to make a meaningful difference for patients and families every day
About the Role:
As a Visit Nurse (RN), you’ll provide skilled nursing care focused on comfort, symptom management, dignity, and quality of life.
You’ll work closely with patients, families, caregivers, physicians, RNs, social workers, pastoral care, and other members of the hospice interdisciplinary team to ensure each patient’s unique needs are understood and addressed.
Every visit is an opportunity to provide expert clinical care while also helping patients and families feel supported, informed, and cared for.
What You’ll Do:
- Perform comprehensive initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, including physical, emotional, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
- Develop and revise individualized plans of care based on patient and family needs.
- Coordinate the implementation and delivery of comprehensive, holistic hospice services.
- Provide skilled palliative nursing care and symptom management in accordance with physician orders and the plan of care.
- Educate and support patients, families, and caregivers regarding physical care and hospice services.
- Provide anticipatory guidance to help patients and families prepare for changes and cope with events as they occur.
- Teach, supervise, and counsel caregivers regarding patient care, including observing return demonstrations when appropriate.
- Effectively communicate patient status and changes to family members and caregivers.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient and family services.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure patient needs are met.
- Provide continuous skilled nursing care in the patient’s home when needed.
- Support a variety of patient care needs, including:
- Admissions
- Routine visits
- Symptom management visits
- On-call visits
- End-of-life/death visits
- Assist with patient caseload needs and respond to patient and family concerns according to the plan of care.
What We’re Looking For:
We’re looking for an RN who combines strong clinical skills with compassion, empathy, and a genuine commitment to hospice philosophy.
You should have:
- Graduate from an accredited nursing program
- Valid New York State RN License
- Minimum of 2 years of RN nursing experience
- Experience in oncology, home care, or hospice preferred
- Experience working within a comprehensive interdisciplinary team preferred
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organization and prioritization skills
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities effectively
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating as part of a team
- Understanding of medications, treatments, and therapies used for pain and symptom management
- Comfort and compassion when caring for terminally ill patients
- A genuine understanding of and commitment to the hospice philosophy
- Bilingual skills are a plus!
Where You’ll Work:
Hospice nursing is different every day. You’ll meet patients where they are and provide care in a variety of settings throughout Dutchess County.
The role includes:
- Regular travel by car in all weather conditions
- Visits to patient homes, hospitals, and nursing homes
- Travel throughout the agency’s service area as needed
- Potential exposure to blood or body fluids and contaminated agents
- Working in environments that may present moderate to high safety risks
- Ability to carry up to 25 pounds of equipment and/or supplies into patient homes
- Ability to assist with transferring and positioning an average adult for care
Schedule & Compensation:
Schedule: 6 shifts per month
Weekend Requirement: 2 weekend days per month
Hours: 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, with flexibility around the timeframe
Holiday Requirement: 1 holiday per year
Pay: $39–$43 per hour, depending on experience
Plus: Mileage Reimbursement
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Looking for Nursing Work That Means More?
At Hudson Valley Hospice, you’re not simply treating a diagnosis—you’re helping patients live as comfortably and fully as possible while supporting the people who matter most to them.
If you’re an experienced RN looking for flexibility, meaningful patient relationships, professional growth, and the opportunity to make a difference every time you walk through a patient’s door, we’d love to hear from you.
Hudson Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay: $39.00 - $43.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
Experience:
- RN: 2 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- NYS RN License (Preferred)
Willingness to travel:
- 100% (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road
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Where New York roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Hospice Registered Nurse Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- St. Peter's Health Partners13
- Jobot4
- VNS Health4
- Catholic Health2
- Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo2
Top Industries Hiring
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Non-Profit & Social Services
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in hospice registered nurse jobs across New York.
- Active New York State Registered Nurse license issued by the New York State Education Department
- Current BLS certification and preferred CHPN certification from the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
- Minimum one to two years of clinical nursing experience in hospice, palliative care, or home health
- Demonstrated ability to conduct comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized care plans
- Strong familiarity with interdisciplinary care team collaboration and family-centered end-of-life communication
- Valid New York driver's license and reliable transportation for patient home visits across assigned territory
Hospice Registered Nurse Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a hospice registered nurse in New York?
You become a hospice registered nurse in New York by first earning an Associate Degree in Nursing or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, then passing the NCLEX-RN exam and obtaining licensure through the New York State Education Department's Office of the Professions. After gaining clinical experience, many nurses pursue the Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse credential through the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses to strengthen their candidacy with New York employers.
How much do hospice registered nurses make in New York?
Hospice registered nurses in New York earn a median of about $109,440 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $79,760 for the lowest 10% to over $157,090 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire hospice registered nurses in New York?
Employers hiring hospice registered nurses in New York right now include St. Peter's Health Partners, Jobot, and VNS Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. New York's density of nonprofit hospice agencies, large hospital systems with dedicated palliative programs, and home health organizations means consistent demand across both the metro area and upstate regions.
Which New York cities have the most hospice registered nurse jobs?
The cities with the most hospice registered nurse openings in New York are Albany, Manhattan, and Bronx. New York City drives the largest share of listings given the concentration of major health systems and home care agencies serving its dense population, while Buffalo and Albany reflect strong regional medical infrastructure and the presence of established hospice providers serving both urban and surrounding rural communities.
Are there remote hospice registered nurse jobs in New York?
Yes, but they're rare. Hospice nursing is fundamentally hands-on, with most roles requiring in-home patient visits or facility-based care. About 0% of hospice registered nurse openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, and those positions tend to involve telephonic triage, care coordination, or case management functions rather than direct bedside work.
How can I get hired as a hospice registered nurse in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a new-graduate residency or fellowship at a New York health system with a palliative care or home health division, such as those offered through Northwell Health or NewYork-Presbyterian. Lateral moves from med-surg, oncology, or home health aide roles are common stepping stones, and holding an active New York State RN license combined with completing a palliative care continuing education course gives candidates a meaningful edge with New York hospice recruiters.
Where can I find and apply to hospice registered nurse jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to hospice registered nurse jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring across the state. Find the roles that fit your experience and location, then apply directly to the ones that match.
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