RN, Registered Nurse | Palliative Care
La Crosse, WI - USA
Job Summary
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Scheduled Weekly Hours:
20Registered Nurse (RN) Palliative Care Clinic
Location: La Crosse WI 1st Floor East Building
FTE: Part-time 0.5 FTE (40 hours per two weeks)
Hours: 8-hour day shifts between the hours of 0730-1630 Monday through Friday
Practice Nursing with Purpose
This clinic-based RN role offers the opportunity to support patients living with serious illness through whole-person goal-aligned care. As part of an interdisciplinary palliative care team you will partner closely with clinicians social work and spiritual care to support patients and families throughout their care journeyaddressing symptoms education needs and coordination across settings.
This role blends clinical expertise with strong communication and organizational skills and is ideal for nurses who value collaboration continuity and patient-centered care.
What Youll Do
Support patients and families through coordination of care including appointments referrals hospice collaboration and communication with cancer center and specialty teams
Serve as a key nursing resource for patients via telephone and in-basket messaging
Conduct in-person clinic visits as appropriate including:
Patient and family education
Pain and symptom assessment
Support with pain agreements and symptom management plans
Participate in weekly interdisciplinary group (IDG) meetingsto review care plans and share insights across disciplines
Contribute to a team environment grounded in communication accountability and trust
What Youll Bring
Required Qualifications
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or higher
Active RN licensure in the state of Wisconsin (or ability to obtain upon hire)
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers
Preferred Qualifications
Prior RN experience in clinic oncology hospice palliative care or care-focused specialties
Strong communication skills and comfort supporting patients primarily through non-face-to-face interactions
Ability to work effectively in a small highly collaborative team
Organized dependable and follow-through driven
What Sets This Role Apart
Strong interdisciplinary collaboration with physicians RNs social work and spiritual care
Consistent schedules with clinician-aligned clinic days
Opportunities to participate in nurse-led visits and future service expansion
A team culture that values education professionalism and patient-defined goals
What We Offer
Competitive starting pay of $30.46/hour plus more for experience
Day shift schedule with no weekends holidays or on-call requirements
Comprehensive benefits including health insurance and retirement
Career development support and tuition assistance
Shared Governance opportunities to help shape nursing practice
About Emplify Health
Emplify Health brings together Bellin Health and Gundersen Health Systemtwo trusted not-for-profit healthcare organizations serving communities across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Michigans Upper Peninsula. United by a commitment to innovation compassion and excellence we support our teams so they can deliver exceptional care.
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We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values belonging respect excellence accountability teamwork and humility our pillars set our foundation and our future.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Gundersen Health System Hospitals & Clinics delivers world-class primary and specialized healthcare in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.