Hospice Admissions Nurse Liaison PRN

American Addiction Centers • Milwaukee, WI

1d • $38 - $57 • Hybrid

About The Position

This PRN (as needed) position involves collaborating with physicians, nurses, social workers, care managers, and community partners to facilitate smooth patient transitions to hospice care. The role requires regular attendance at various meetings to serve as a resource for home-based services. Key responsibilities include communicating with healthcare professionals about complex cases, educating patients on agency services, collecting necessary medical and social information for admissions, and informing patients and providers about financial coverage for services. The position also involves evaluating the need for continued services for patients readmitted to the hospital or post-acute settings and potentially participating in precepting new hires. A significant aspect of the role may include managing hospice admissions, including obtaining history/physical, implementing care plans, and managing symptoms of terminal diagnoses to promote end-of-life comfort. Collaboration with the business development team to achieve admission growth and increase market share is also expected.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse
• A valid driver’s license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles.
• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
• Typically requires 2 years of clinical nursing experience with discharge planning and/or care management.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Can speak clearly and hear to interact in person, telephonically or virtually with both internal and external customers.
• Excellent organizational and critical thinking skills.
• Proficient knowledge of or ability to learn hospice regulations and reimbursement structure: Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial Payers
• Strong technical ability.
• Able to think critically and assess the patient clinical condition to assist in the development of the post acute plan of care.
• Ability to travel and flexibility with hours and days to meet patient needs
• Ability to work two weekends per months as needed - minimum one weekend per month
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred
• Hospice experience preferred
• Familiarity with Epic preferred.
• May participate in training patient/family in use of equipment (ex. Enteral, infusion pumps)
• May include on call, weekend and holiday rotation
• May participate in processing referrals for hospice program.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates and builds relationships of mutual respect with physicians, nurses, social workers, care managers and community partners through communication and education to facilitate smooth patient transitions.
• Regularly attends huddles, capture meetings, discharge rounds and outcome facilitation team meetings and acts as a resource regarding services that can be provided in the home.
• Communicates and collaborates with physicians, social workers and care managers on complex cases to ensure care needs can be met in the home setting.
• Upon referral, contacts patient to educate on agency service lines ensuring plan of care meets hospice eligibility and regulatory compliance.
• Collects and records medical, social, reimbursement information from hospital and post acute setting to initiate Advocate Aurora Health at Home services for hospice, infusion, enteral, pediatric, DME and RT services.
• Educates the patient, as well as, hospital and post acute providers, regarding patient financial coverage and responsibility for ordered services, and if available, provides the information prior to facility discharge.
• May follow Advocate Aurora Health at Home hospice patients readmitted to the hospital or post acute setting to evaluate the need for continued services.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.
• May participate in precepting new hire training and orientation.
• May be responsible for the admission to hospice services, including obtaining history/physical, implementing a care plan, managing signs and symptoms of terminal diagnosis to promote comfort at end of life.
• Collaborates with Advocate Aurora Health at Home business development team and product line director to achieve admission growth and increase market share.

Benefits

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree