At Residential Home Health and Hospice (‘Residential’), we’re looking to add to our extraordinary care team. Grounded by our belief that outstanding care is best delivered in a team-based environment, our Hospice Transitional Nurse Liaison will partner with our field staff and leaders to provide the best support to the patients that we serve.
With our 20-year track record, Residential is a strong leader in the industry. We are consistently named a Top Workplace by our employees and genuinely care where you are in your career path.
Our high value rewards package:
- Up to 24 paid holiday and personal days off in year one
- Company funded pension, up to $50,000 credit after 3 years of service
- DailyPay: Access your money when you want it!
- Industry-leading 360 You™ benefits program
- The option to lease a new Toyota or Ford vehicle at a significantly discounted price below MSRP
Certain benefits may vary based on your employment status.
What you’ll do in this role:
- Complete an initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs, including a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es)
- Obtain complete/accurate demographic information and medical history, including diagnosis for care and primary care physician information
- Introduce the Agency to the patient/caregiver, explain scope of our services and skilled services requested, and coordinate start-of-care visit
- Order requested DME, supplies, and medications related to hospice care
- Deliver community education as requested for assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and hospitals
- Provide patient education at bedside regarding hospice, disease progression, and end-of-life care
- Attend discharge planning meeting as requested, working with the facility team to provide a safe and successful discharge home
- Determine hospice eligibility and appropriate level of care
- Communicate with the clinical team on all complex, chronically ill patients, assisting staff and referral sources to prevent re-hospitalizations
We are looking for compassionate Transitional Nurse Liaisons with:
- Associate degree from an accredited School of Nursing
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience working as a Registered Nurse including acute care or oncology experience, hospice experience preferred
- Experience with technologies such as Microsoft Office Suite, EPIC, and HCHB preferred
- Able to transfer patients as needed according to proper techniques of body mechanics to promote patient and staff safety
- Ability to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values
- Proficiency with computers
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.