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Hospice travel offers clinical autonomy you won't find in facility-based roles. Every patient visit happens in their home, where you assess comfort, manage symptoms, and support families through end-of-life care. Travel assignments expose you to different hospice programs—high-volume agencies, smaller programs focused on complex symptom management, and rural hospice teams—each with distinct caseloads and patient populations. You gain expertise across diverse end-of-life scenarios while maintaining control over your schedule, location, and next move. Competitive compensation reflects the specialized skills and emotional demands of hospice nursing. Between assignments, you choose your next location and your next adventure.
Your Fusion recruiter understands hospice nursing—the difference between a high-volume home care agency and a smaller hospice program, caseload expectations, and the documentation demands of end-of-life care. They vet assignments before presenting them, coordinate mileage reimbursement for patient visits, and handle licensing support for each assignment state. Day 1 health insurance, dental, and vision coverage start immediately. When something goes sideways on assignment, your recruiter advocates for you—not the facility, not the agency. One person who picks up the phone at 10 PM and remembers that you wanted to work in a specific region or focus on a particular patient population.
Administer prescribed medications to manage pain and symptoms during the hospice experience
Provide emotional and psychological support to hospice patients and their families
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including doctors, social workers, home health nurses, and spiritual advisors to develop and implement a personalized care plan for each patient
Guide families on how to care for the patient and what to expect in the final stages of life
Provide comfort, support services and counseling to loved ones during the nursing process and after the patient's passing
With opportunities for travelers all over the country, we’ve selected areas with the most popular medical traveling jobs to help you find your best fit.
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Travel nurses are the backbone of medical traveling. Pay transparency means you can see what you'll actually get paid before you even apply.
Level-up, nurse. Get your state licenses and travel nurse requirements reimbursed.
Travel nurses qualify for a weekly, tax-free per diem that can help you cover the cost of moving, like your transportation, meals, and other expenses.
See new spaces. See new faces. Grow and learn in your nursing career as you grow and learn in various cities all over the country.
Most hospice travel positions require an active LPN license in your assignment state and current BLS certification. Typically, you'll need 1–2 years of clinical experience as a hospice LPN or in home health settings. Preferred qualifications include experience with symptom management, medication administration, family communication, and comfort care protocols. Some facilities value hospice-specific certifications (verify current certification requirements with your state board). Your recruiter helps coordinate licensing applications and ensures your credentials align with each assignment's requirements.
Keeping up with the world of licensing and certification can be intimidating. Degrees and certifications depend on your modality and specialty but getting compliant for your home state and others you want to travel to are easier as a medical professional. Compliance experts work with your recruiter and employers to ensure that you have all the relevant credentials required for any and all travel nursing jobs.
Some of your compliance requirements are the same across the board, but there are others that will depend on your specialty in nursing.
The three parts of compliance
Occupational health records: Required immunizations and health examinations
Documentation: Tax forms, insurance paperwork, and licenses
Testing: Certifications, online training, and workplace safety exams
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