Hospice Weekend Coordinator

Weekend, Day Shift Duties/Responsibilities

• Responds to all requests in a positive manner.
• Working knowledge of the skills and service provided by each member of the multidisciplinary team and the ability to relate these to identified patient needs.
• Prioritize and assigns referrals based on patient's hospice needs.
• Understands and integrates relevant hospice standards, regulations and practices to make decisions regarding appropriateness for care.
• Accepts and documents verbal orders related to the initiation of services.
• Inputs initial information into Epic to begin the admission process.
• Elicits and gathers accurate and pertinent information regarding the patient's condition at the time of intake, to accurately identify critical information needed to initiate hospice care.
• Forwards all referral information to the appropriate team for timely initiation of services.
• Responds to telephone requests for information and interprets services to callers.
• Triages patient calls, advises interventions based on clinical knowledge and/or makes skilled nurse visit to assess patient.
• Acts as a resource to patients, families, and caregivers as needed.
• Works collaboratively with the weekend Administrator On Call (AOC) to address patient related issues that arise.
• Triages unanticipated patient needs and assigns visits accordingly, schedules patient visits and makes nurse visits as needed.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient's needs and obtains/receives physician's orders as required.
• Provides timely communication to the clinical team whenever there are unusual requests or complex situations/orders.
• Practices confidentiality principles set by the agency and federal HIPAA guidelines.
• Completes documentation in accordance with agency timeliness policies.
• Maintains and updates clinical knowledge and skills based on current nursing practice.
• Adheres to departmental requirements for required training.
• Identifies specific learning needs and goals and collaborates with nursing leadership in developing a plan to meet them.

Additional Duties

• Participates in the weekend/holiday rotation as defined by BIDP.
• Participates in in-service programs and supervises, teaches and precepts hospice nursing staff.

Education/Experience

• Professional Nurse from a Graduate of National League for Nursing accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 2-3 years' experience in hospice services.
• Comprehensive knowledge of hospice regulations.
• Demonstrates excellent observation and problem solving/critical thinking skills.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills; essential computer skills to work with EMR.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.
• Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Shows strong ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.

Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Frequent bending, carrying, pulling, pushing, reaching, standing, stooping, walking and lifting over 10 lbs.
• Sometimes lifting in excess of 50 – 100 lbs.
• Constant use of hearing, sight and speech.
• Frequent use of smell and touch.
• Frequent keyboard and telephone use.
• Constant concentration and problem solving.

Pay Range

$37.00 - $80.00