What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Hospice Liaison in Hospital - Mon - Fri, 8-5 position at Mountain Valley Hospice?
Registered Nurse (RN) – Hospice Liaison
Every Patient. Every Family. Every Time.
At Mountain Valley, what we do is personal. Personal for those we serve and personal for us. Every day we stand shoulder to shoulder with individuals facing the most daunting challenge they will ever face – a serious, or even a terminal, illness. We help those with advanced illness cope with their day-to-day struggles, whether physical, emotional, social or spiritual. We also aspire to help our communities better understand end-of-life care. For those of us at Mountain Valley, there could never be a more important or rewarding job.
An Excellent Opportunity
Duties
- Maintain a hospice presence in the area hospitals
- Acts as a partner in care with physicians, case managers and other facility staff.
- Educate patients and families about the hospice benefit and services.
- Provides an initial physical assessment and admission to hospice as required.
- Initiate the referral to admission process through gathering information, education, and form completion aspects of patient intake, admissions, and transition to home.
- Perform hospice in place (hospital) admissions as needed.
- Valid Registered Nurse License
- BLS Certification
- Valid Driver’s License
- Monday - Friday
- 8am - 5pm
- Competitive Compensation
- Paid time off accrued bi-weekly -160 hours annually
- 7 Paid holidays
- Comprehensive benefits plan – health, dental, vision, life, disability, accident, illness, etc.
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Educational Assistance
At Mountain Valley, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect with a diverse workforce; we make staffing decisions based on knowledge, skills and abilities. Mountain Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived, race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
