RN – Visiting Nurse & Palliative Care Programs
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Redwood Coast Medical Services, Inc
Point Arena, CA, US
Summary
Provide skilled nursing care, assessments, and medication management for homebound patients and those in palliative care. Collaborate with providers and families to implement individualized care plans and facilitate access to community resources.
Job Description
Description
Registered Nurse – Visiting Nurse & Palliative Care Programs
Join our team and make a true impact!
RCMS is seeking a compassionate, skilled Registered Nurse to support our Visiting Nurse and Palliative Care Programs. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality nursing care and support to patients and families throughout our coastal region while helping individuals navigate complex medical needs with dignity, comfort, and respect.
Compensation
• Hourly Rate: $40 – $56, depending on experience, qualifications, and internal equity
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, retirement, and mileage reimbursement
Schedule
• 2–3 days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
• 8-hour shifts
• One weekend call shift per month
What You'll Do
• Provide skilled nursing care, assessments, medication management, dressing changes, laboratory draws, and patient education as appropriate
• Support patients who are homebound, transitioning from the hospital, or facing chronic, life-threatening, or end-of-life illnesses
• Collaborate with primary care providers, specialists, patients, and families to develop and implement individualized care plans
• Teach patients and caregivers how to manage acute medical needs and navigate available support services
• Coordinate care and facilitate access to in-home assistance and community resources
• Promote patient dignity, comfort, quality of life, and informed participation in healthcare decisions
• Monitor patient status and communicate changes in condition to providers and care teams
• Maintain accurate documentation in compliance with regulatory and agency standards
• Travel throughout the RCMS service area to provide patient care and support
Who You Are
• Licensed Registered Nurse with strong clinical assessment and patient education skills
• Mission-driven professional who values compassionate, relationship-based care
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with providers, specialists, patients, and families
• Compassionate, respectful, and committed to serving underserved rural and coastal communities
• Able to adapt to diverse patient needs and provide high-quality, patient-centered care
About Our Visiting Nurse & Palliative Care Programs
Coping with a life-threatening or chronic illness can be overwhelming, and many people don't know where to turn for help. RCMS's Visiting Nurse and Palliative Care Programs provide patients and families with the skilled care, support, and guidance they need during challenging times.
Visiting Nurse Services provide care to patients who have a skilled nursing need and are either homebound or transitioning from the hospital. Services may include medication management, dressing changes, laboratory draws, patient education, and other short-term clinical support.
Palliative Care provides specialized care for patients who are living with serious, chronic, life-limiting, or end-of-life illnesses. Our goal is to help patients maintain dignity and achieve the highest possible quality of life while encouraging patients and their families to be active participants in healthcare decisions.
These programs work closely with patients' primary care providers, specialists, and families to teach the management of acute medical needs, coordinate care, and facilitate access to in-home support services and community resources.
Why Join RCMS?
At RCMS, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and families facing complex health challenges. Through our Visiting Nurse and Palliative Care Programs, you'll provide skilled clinical care, education, support, and care coordination that help patients remain safe, comfortable, and informed throughout their healthcare journey.
If you're a compassionate RN who values patient-centered care and wants to serve rural and coastal communities, we'd love to hear from you.
To learn more or apply, visit www.rcms-healthcare.org or contact Human Resources at [email protected].
Requirements
• Current California RN license
• BLS
• Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle
• Strong assessment and documentation skills
• Commitment to RCMS’s mission of community-based, equitable healthcare
The mission of Redwood Coast Medical Services (RCMS) is to provide high quality, family-oriented, community based primary medical and dental care, including a broad range of preventive health services to residents and visitors within the coastal areas of Southern Mendocino and Northern Sonoma Counties.
Sonoma-Mendocino coast RCMS is a not-for-profit health center providing a full range of healthcare services at its three clinics located in Gualala and Point Arena. Services are designed to meet identified needs of the community services, are integrated with other existing healthcare services and systems, and are evaluated on a regular basis to assure that community health needs are being met.
As a not-for-profit corporation receiving public funds, RCMS provides services to qualified permanent area residents on a sliding fee scale basis, as well as to patients with MediCal and Medicare coverage, private insurance and self pay status.
RCMS opened in 1977, incorporated and licensed as a community clinic in 1978 and was designated in 1999 as a Federal Community Health Center 330(e). RCMS is designated by the state as an Interim Stabilization Facility, allowing the clinic to receive ambulance transports.
Founded
1977
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Medical Practices
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Gualala, CA
The mission of Redwood Coast Medical Services (RCMS) is to provide high quality, family-oriented, community based primary medical and dental care, including a broad range of preventive health services to residents and visitors within the coastal areas of Southern Mendocino and Northern Sonoma Counties.
Sonoma-Mendocino coast RCMS is a not-for-profit health center providing a full range of healthcare services at its three clinics located in Gualala and Point Arena. Services are designed to meet identified needs of the community services, are integrated with other existing healthcare services and systems, and are evaluated on a regular basis to assure that community health needs are being met.
As a not-for-profit corporation receiving public funds, RCMS provides services to qualified permanent area residents on a sliding fee scale basis, as well as to patients with MediCal and Medicare coverage, private insurance and self pay status.
RCMS opened in 1977, incorporated and licensed as a community clinic in 1978 and was designated in 1999 as a Federal Community Health Center 330(e). RCMS is designated by the state as an Interim Stabilization Facility, allowing the clinic to receive ambulance transports.
Founded
1977
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Medical Practices
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Gualala, CA
