Hospice Admissions Nurse
Description
Position hours are 3 - 12 hours, with one Saturday per month. Located in Rockford, IL with travel throughout the service area.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates patients for hospice eligibility and provides timely and effective initial nursing assessments.
- Explains the Hospice philosophy, available services, and Advance Directives.
- Obtains the appropriate consents, conducts an initial physical assessment of the major body systems, and establishes the initial Plan of Care for the patient.
- Facilitates communication from intake or referring partner to insure prompt admission to hospice program.
- Performs clinical record review and patient assessment to ensure hospice LCD eligibility criteria guidelines are met for admission to hospice program.
- Performs admission within the required time frame after referral to insure prompt admission to the hospice program.
- Accurately completes a thorough initial assessment to identify the patient/family’s immediate needs, including but not limited to supplies, equipment, services and coordinates the provision of these services.
- Accurately and completely documents patients’ condition in the EMR system according to policy, including but not limited to, Visit Reports, Care Plans, and logs Plan of Care & IDG prep notes (if applicable).
- Initiates initial plan of care in response to identified problems, concerns and needs to insure palliation of symptoms and safe, competent and continuity of care.
Requirements
- RN license, Minimum Associates Degree in Nursing; BSN preferred.
- CPR Certification required.
- Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) preferred.
- Knowledge of Local Coverage Determination (LCD) required.
- One year of Medical/Surgical, Oncology, or Hospice nursing experience preferred.
Benefits
Comprehensive Benefits Package including Medical Plans, Health & Wellness Accounts, Dental and Vision Insurance, Company-Paid Life & AD&D Insurance, Company-Paid Disability Coverage, 401(k) with Company Match, Generous Paid Time Off, and more. Final base pay determined based on several factors including education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Pay
The expected base salary range for this role is $79,000 - $114,000. However, final base pay will be carefully determined based on several factors, including education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Schedule
Position hours are 3 - 12 hours, with one Saturday per month.
Qualifications
None specified beyond the requirements listed above.
Skills
None specified beyond the requirements listed above.
Benefits
Comprehensive Benefits Package including Medical Plans, Health & Wellness Accounts, Dental and Vision Insurance, Company-Paid Life & AD&D Insurance, Company-Paid Disability Coverage, 401(k) with Company Match, Generous Paid Time Off, and more. Final base pay determined based on several factors including education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.