Per diem Hospice Nurse Case Manager
Listed compensation
$58-$73.65/hr
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
Mission Hospice & Home Care serves patients and families in the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay with quality care and compassionate end-of-life support and education. Founded in 1979, we are a local, independent nonprofit that has provided thousands of patients and their families with physical, emotional, and spiritual support throughout the journey from a life-threatening diagnosis through death and bereavement.
This per diem position offers competitive pay and a supportive work environment.
The Hospice Nurse Case Manager is responsible for the assigned caseload or facility where they will be providing skilled nursing assessment, planning and care to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families.
Schedule: Sunday, Thursday & Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm
Office Location
San Mateo
Service Area
- San Mateo County with additional coverage to Santa Clara County as needed
- Mission Hospice & Home Care follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
Assume primary responsibility for a patient/family using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient/family needs, goals, and interventions
Coordinate all patient/family services and prioritization of needs with the members of the transdisciplinary team
Use a case management approach and refer to other services as needed
Coordinate the implementation of the plan of care and ensure care coordination and case management for each patient
As applicable, apply specific criteria for admission and re-certification to hospice care to establish appropriate levels of care and patient’s eligibility
Education/Experience
One year experience as a professional nurse in the past three years or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited School of Nursing
Experience in home health and/or hospice setting preferred
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Current license as a registered professional nurse in the State of California.
- Public Health Nursing certification highly desirable
- HPNA certification preferred
Pay Range
$58.00 - $73.65 hourly
Mission Hospice and Home Care is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at MHHC.
Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.
Key Responsibilities
The Hospice Nurse Case Manager provides skilled nursing assessment, planning, and care to patients and families within an assigned caseload. They coordinate services with a transdisciplinary team and ensure the implementation of the patient's plan of care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current California Registered Nurse license and have at least one year of professional nursing experience within the last three years. A Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred, as is experience in home health or hospice settings.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Hospice Nursing — Registered Nurse Career Context
Of the 40 active Nurse Case Manager listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 53% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$137k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $124k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$124k in purchasing power | California index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nurse Case Manager listings in California | 441 active | 6,058 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 30% remote · 53% no call · 70% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California Registered Nurse listings: 9% state a sign-on bonus (median $9k) · 4% offer loan repayment441 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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