Hospice Registered Nurse​/Educator Morristown NJ

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

• 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:

• Assessments
• Care Plans
• Medications
• POC
• 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:
• Joint Visits
• Overflow of Admissions
• Managing Caseload
• Additional Coverage as needed

• Reviews visit documentation including:
• Assessments
• Care Plans
• Medications
• POC
• IDT Notes

• Attends mandatory meetings as required.
• Rotates into Weekend/On call schedule as needed.

Required:

• Current NJ RN License
• Associates in Nursing

Preferred:

• 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