Job Description

Overview:

Position will be a dedicated Hospice Educator, providing education and mentoring to hospice nurses in a classroom and field setting while maintaining skills by visiting patients in their home

Duties & Responsibilities:

* Maintain a thorough knowledge of the Medicare/Medicaid Hospice benefit including admission criteria, philosophy and services.

* Educate, mentor and precept Hospice clinical staff to assist them in being successful and knowledgeable in their roles.

* Maintain current knowledge of clinical issues, regulatory and reimbursement standards.

* Evaluates performance of new staff and modifies teaching and orientation plans/milestones in coordination with the Education Team.

* Evaluates, teaches and mentors clinicians in Hospice case management and interdisciplinary care planning

* Completes team member evaluations at end of introductory period

* Participates in the development of staff performance management/improvement plans, including monitoring and improvement strategies

* Assesses and monitors clinical competency of assigned staff during introductory period and ongoing

Reviews visit documentation, including:

o Assessments

o Care Plans

o Medications

o POC

o IOT notes

* Collaborates with Assistant Managers to support:

* Daily Scheduling

* Staff and Patient problem solving

* Cross training and coverage of Assistant Managers, staff & Hospice CRC:

* Duties assigned to Assistant Managers

* POC review

* Review Admission/Recert visits

* Hospice Admission Coding

* CTI completion

* Work Que management

* Field Expectations:

* Maintains a minimum productivity of X # of visits per week which may include:

o Joint Visits

o Overflow of Admissions

o Managing Caseload

o Additional Coverage as needed

* Reviews visit documentation including:

o Assessments

o Care Plans

o Medications

o POC

o IDT Notes

* Attends mandatory meetings as required.

<< Rotates into Weekend/On call schedule as needed.

Qualifications

Job Qualifications/Experience:

* Current NJ RN License

* BSN preferred

<< CHPN preferred

* 3-5 years' experience as a RN in Hospice/Palliative Care or related field

>> 2-3 years' experience in Hospice supervision/education preferred

* Pain and symptom management skills

* Knowledgeable in the signs and symptoms associated with the end of life

* Excellent computer skills, problem solving skills

* EMR experience, EPIC preferred

About Us

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