Hospice Admissions/Liaison Registered Nurse, RN

This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. As a key member of the health care team, this position must interact courteously and effectively with patients and their families, as well as with co-workers from all Agency departments, community resources, and with patients' physicians. Responsibilities are carried out consistent with Agency policies, mission, and vision.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively works closely with all Tufts care teams, identifies, establishes and maintains positive working relationships with all facility contacts.
• Collaboratively works with care teams to identify patients potentially hospice appropriate.
• Evaluates patients for potential hospice care needs and determines if hospice benefit status is appropriate, as requested by hospital clinical staff or physicians.
• Responsible to guide the patient and family through the admission process.
• Understands and stays current regarding hospice conditions of participation, reimbursement options and criteria for services.
• Responsible for hospice in-service education programs as assigned.
• Responsible for facilitating family meetings, obtaining consent/election form signatures and gathering medical data for review by Hospice physicians.
• Dependent on volume may complete hospice admission and/or outreach in the greater Boston community, if needed.
• Seeks opportunities to interface with referring and non-referring health care professionals, patients, families and the community, to promote Merrimack Valley Hospice services.
• Collaboratively works with agency staff to ensure coordinated hospice discharges or admit GIP at Tufts, if appropriate.
• Arranges for durable medical equipment and medical supplies needed to meet patient care needs.
• Completes required paperwork and data entry into electronic medical record by the end of each business day.

Requirements

• Active RN license in the state where services are provided; may not work in states where not licensed. If additional state licensure is required, it must be obtained within sixty (60) days.
• Valid state issued Driver’s License.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
• Must regularly lift and/or move 25 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs.
• Frequently communicates internally and externally. Must be able to exchange accurate information via phone, email and/or in person.
• Specific vision abilities apply including close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. May be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare team.
• A team player with decision-making, process management, planning, tracking follow-through and analytical abilities.
• Knowledge of hospice conditions of participation and eligibility criteria.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to function well in very busy situations.
• Good organization skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries & benefits.
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits start day one.
• 403(b) retirement with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education support, including access to MedBridge for PT CEUs and licensure/certification support.
• Opportunities for career growth.
• Fleet car program to reduce personal vehicle burden and support clinicians in the field.
• Industry-Leading Safety Program, including:
  • AVADE de-escalation and self-safety training.
  • InvisaWear GPS-enabled safety devices.
  • Escort services to ensure staff safety in the field.

Pay

Pay Range: $87,360.00 - $98,603.60

Schedule

Full-Time, 40 hours per week.