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.

• Current NJ RN License
• Associates in Nursing

• BSN preferred
• CHPN preferred
• 3-5 years' experience as an 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