Pay Range (Depending on Experience): $125,000 - $135,000, Annually
Schedule/Shift: Monday - Friday
Territory/Location: Ventura
Responsibilities:
• Receives case referrals. • Reviews available patient information related to case, including home visits, to determine hospice/home care needs. • Assigns appropriate hospice personnel to case as needed. • Conferences with medical director regarding any questions about an individuals eligibility for services. • Reviews and evaluates each case through a variety of means such as home visits, conferences, record review, and the services provided by clinicians; discusses and verifies impressions, instructs and guides clinicians to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality home care services; and is available at all times during operating hours to assist clinicians as appropriate. • Reviews patients medical diagnosis, prognosis, medications, procedures, and clinical course. • Assists clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term therapeutic goals, in setting priorities, and in developing a plan of care. • Attends case conference meetings with hospice personnel to facilitate coordination of care and discussion of interdisciplinary group involvement.
Qualifications:
• Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state. • Previous experience in hospice/home care setting and with two (2) years management or supervisory experience. • Proven ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting. • Has excellent observation, good nursing judgment, and communication skills. • Understands hospice philosophy and issues of death/dying. • Understands principles of pain/symptom management.