Weekend Hospice Clinical Nurse Liaison

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare•Wilmington, NC

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a registered nurse in the Clinical Nurse Liaison role, you will provide quality care to patients from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. You’ll be developing relationships with referral sources like specific providers, hospitals, long term care facilities, or doctor offices to enhance the admission process and provide community support. Being comfortable with public speaking is vital, as you’ll be conducting educational in-services with medical staff or community groups. While you will not be providing direct patient care, you’ll spend time working one on one with patients and their families to act as a consultant and providing education on identifying signs and symptoms, common medications used in hospice care, and what to expect at end-of-life. You’ll work to collaborate and coordinate with external medical staff and referral sources to determine patient eligibility for hospice, palliative care, or our Memory Partners program. If patients meet admissions criteria, you’ll work to coordinate transition of care into one of our three inpatient hospice care centers, in-hospital hospice, outpatient case managers to receive hospice care at home or hospice services in a facility setting.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, either through an AD, Diploma or BSN program.
Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of North Carolina or South Carolina depending on position location.
Two years experience.
Ability to speak clearly to communicate with patients, families, physicians, and staff.
Good command of the English language.
Ability to develop positive interaction with patients, families, physicians and staff and other health professionals to effectively communicate and educate about hospice services and end-of-life care.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Highly self-motivated and self-disciplined.
Flexible.
Ability to move freely.
Ability to work long hours and manage stressful situations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Requires higher level of mental faculties accompanied by short and long-term memory.
Touch, sight, hearing, ability to organize thoughts, facts, and ideas.
Ability to translate the written word.
May be exposure to blood and body fluids, infectious diseases, needle puncture wounds.
May encounter patients and other situations which present a potential threat to personal safety.
Flexibility with schedule required.
Will be required to drive.
Must have reliable transportation.
Will be subject to the Safe Driver Policy.

Nice To Haves

Degree in business, marketing, or related field preferred.
Prefer hospice or home care experience.
Prefer experience in marketing, public affairs, community relations or hospital liaison nurse.
Computer experience helpful.

Responsibilities

Developing relationships with referral sources like specific providers, hospitals, long term care facilities, or doctor offices to enhance the admission process and provide community support.
Conducting educational in-services with medical staff or community groups on topics such as Hospice 101 – Eligibility and Philosophy, End-of-Life and Symptom Management, Specific Disease States, and Medication usage in Hospice.
Working one on one with patients and their families to act as a consultant and providing education on identifying signs and symptoms, common medications used in hospice care, and what to expect at end-of-life.
Collaborating and coordinating with external medical staff and referral sources to determine patient eligibility for hospice, palliative care, or our Memory Partners program.
Coordinating transition of care into inpatient hospice care centers, in-hospital hospice, outpatient case managers to receive hospice care at home or hospice services in a facility setting.
Obtaining consent to treat from the patient or primary caregiver.
Working with physicians and case managers on discharge planning.
Coordinating with outside vendors, like transport companies, to organize patient pick up and arrival times.
Completing documentation for new referrals and follow-ups after each visit.
Working with LCFL staff to start the admissions process and order DME and other supplies.