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Mission Hospice and Home Care
San Mateo, California

Per diem Hospice Nurse Case Manager

Registered NurseIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$58-$73.65/hr

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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

Patient care planningTransdisciplinary team coordinationHospice admission criteriaPatient education

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).

How many Nurse Case Manager jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$124k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Case Manager listings in California441 active6,058 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 30% remote · 53% no call · 70% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia Registered Nurse listings: 9% state a sign-on bonus (median $9k) · 4% offer loan repayment441 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Nurse Case Manager listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,789 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About Mission Hospice and Home Care

Hospitals and Health Care
San Mateo, California
51-200 employees

Living in San Mateo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.81M
Typical market rent
$3,968/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.