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- Graduate from accredited school of nursing.
- BSN preferred.
- IL Licensed Registered Nurse required.
- CPR certification required.
- Must possess a valid IL driver license and must be deemed an acceptable driver in accordance with the MHS Fleet Safety Policy (five year MVR will be required).
- Minimum two years nursing experience required. Two years of experience in home health/hospice services required.
- Communication: Ability to use written and spoken communication in formal and informal situations to convey meaning, build shared understanding, and productively move agendas forward.
- Community Collaboration: Ability to align one's own and the organization's priorities with the needs and values of the community, including its cultural and ethnocentric values, and to move health forward in line with population-based wellness needs and national health agenda. Ability to work cooperatively and inclusively with other individuals and/or teams not formally lead; working together as opposed to working separately or competitively
- Initiative: Ability to identify a problem, obstacle or opportunity and then take action in light of identification to address current or future problems or opportunities. Initiative emphasizes proactively doing things and no simply thinking about future actions.
- Self-Awareness: Ability to have an accurate view of one's own strengths and development needs, including the impact that one has on others; willingness to address development needs through reflective, self-directed learning, and by trying new approaches.
- Self-Confidence: Possesses a belief in one's own capability to accomplish their work. This includes confidence in one's ability as expressed in increasingly challenging circumstances, and confidence in one's decisions or opinions.
- Ability to perform health assessments required.
- Familiarity with Medicare, IPA, and other insurance requirements preferred.
- Requires basic understanding of ICD-10 coding.
- Demonstrated ability to be a team player
- Basic computer skills required; basic excel knowledge preferred
- Establishes a close team relationship with referral sources, hospital case managers and discharge planning, as well as discharge planners of other facilities and/or hospital departments.
- Explains program philosophy, care issues and practices, and regulatory restrictions to referring hospitals, physicians and others in order for optimal care to be achieved. Serves as a resource to Memorial Health personnel, other agencies and hospital personnel and the community.
- Upon referral, contacts and interviews patients and families to assess and evaluate patient's social, financial and environmental situations. Explains hospice philosophy, benefit coverage and eligibility for hospice services. Evaluates patients to determine hospice eligibility. Triages referrals based on needs.
- Upon referral, works with the case manager to develop a discharge plan for the hospitalized patient based on patient/family needs. Works with patient, family, physicians and staff to promote safe, appropriate and timely hospital discharge. Coordinates physician/family referrals and start of care. Works with the ordering physician to develop an appropriate initial plan of care. Works with Insurance Liaison to determine coverage issues. Informs family of coverage for hospice services.
- Communicates/coordinates referrals with Clinical Manager
- Participates in Hospice team functions and quality safety improvement projects as requested.
- Maintains statistics as requested.
- Follows agency policies and procedures.
- Assists the Quality Coordinator in QAPI data collection, trending, analysis, and reporting.
- Demonstrates extensive knowledge of hospice regulatory guidelines and ensures compliance with these.
- Triage calls from outside the office and implements necessary communication to staff, physician offices, and patients regarding information.
- Coordinates day to day activities of the clinical team for efficient operations and appropriate patient care of the department, including scheduling based on assessment of patient needs.
- Participates in MHSvcs performance improvement activities through chart audits, data collection, and focus groups.
- Requires in-depth knowledge of Medicare requirements and Conditions of participation to review documentation and 485.
- Responsible for receiving and documenting resolution of customer concerns. Communicates unresolved issues to supervisors for further follow up.
- Responsible for monitoring and gathering Quality Improvement data and logging into Excel Spreadsheets.
- Performs other related work as required or requested.
Vacancy expired!