PRN RN Hospice Coordinator

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Job Title

PRN RN Hospice Coordinator

Location

Independence

Facility

Business Operations Center

Department

Hc Hospice Office-Center for Connected Care

Job Code

F2418H

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-8:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.   

The RN Hospice Coordinator acts as a member of the interdisciplinary team for the assigned functions related to the coordination of services with internal and external referral sources. This role is responsible for processing inpatient referrals into hospice, ensuring continuity of care, and coordinates discharge planning in contract facilities. This role also provides, assessment, planning and direct patient care to hospice patients in accordance with the agency policies and procedures and the plan of care established by the interdisciplinary team. 

A caregiver in this position will work PRN, 8:00am to 8:30pm. Requirements for the role are working 48 hours in a 6 week period and orienting 2-3 days a week for about 12 weeks.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Actively engage and educate potential customers to the benefits and appropriateness of hospice care. 
• Ensure the patient and his/her family has adequate knowledge and understanding of the hospice benefit. 
• Process inquiries for all new referrals (internal and external).
• Ensure seamless transition from hospital to the community setting by coordinating the following hospice services at time of discharge: 
  • Ordering of medications within scope of practice,
  • Ordering supplies and DME,
  • Hand-off communication with field team, and
  • Documentation in the electronic medical record
• Perform assessment of potential patients consistent with Cleveland Clinic Hospice policies, procedures and admission criteria in conjunction with the patient’s physician.
• Perform admission assessments for new admissions into contracted facilities and documents information in the EMR within specified time frame.
• Plan delivery of patient care in collaboration with other disciplines to provide comfort and symptom management.
• Perform daily assessment and coordinates the plan of care with /in-patient staff for General Inpatients (GIP).  Assesses patient for safety risks, abuse and neglect.
• Assess and documents patient’s pain using appropriate pain scale and manages patient’s pain.
• Document changes in patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care/interventions.
• Evaluate, update, and revise plan of care to facilitate achievement of expected outcomes.
• Knows action, usual dosage, indications and side effects of medications administered.
• Assume responsibility for coordination of care for managing a caseload of patients in the inpatient setting.
• Flexibility in setting and revising priorities for one’s daily assignment based on patient needs/acuity, family requests and available resources.
• Attend interdisciplinary meetings as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing
• Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Ohio
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Minimum one year current clinical experience as a registered nurse
• Minimum one year experience in an acute medical-surgical or critical care setting

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• BSN

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting packages, manual and finger dexterity and eye hand coordination.  Occasionally lifts and carries items up to 50 pounds.  Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

                       

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