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TITLE: Hospice Clinical Coordinator - Registered Nurse

LOCATION: Charlotte Hospice

SHIFT: 8-6:30pm, 4x10hrs - Tues. - Fri.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for managing the day-to-day clinical activities as assigned by the Supervisor/Manager. Responsibilities include direct patient care, coordination and implementation of care, scheduling and resource management, and indirect supervision of hospice interdisciplinary team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: 2 Year / Associate Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required; BSN preferred. 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred.

• Experience: Minimum three years' experience in hospice or home health care, required. Experience in direct care of patients with life limiting illnesses strongly preferred. Related experience includes oncology; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics, medical surgical, and/or case management.

• Licensure/certification/registration: Current RN licensure in appropriate state required. Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS), required. CHPN/CHPCA, preferred.

• Additional Skills (required):

• Ability to provide direct patient care, demonstrate excellent nursing skills, judgment, and understanding of Hospice philosophy.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to prioritize, organize and handle varying and unpredictable situations such as emergencies or crisis situations.

• Ability to interpret information to identify each patient’s requirements for care relative to his/her age specific needs.

• Must be flexible, adaptable to change and able to apply problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills.

• Ability to interact effectively with diverse individuals at all levels of authority, in teams and on committees.

• Must have knowledge of nursing and pharmacy procedures and standards of practice, both general and specific, to the specialties of infusion and enteral therapies.

• Must have computer experience and have reliable transportation to and from all work-related assignments and activities.

• Must be flexible to travel as needed between different locations, as assigned, in all weather conditions and on roads in varying degrees of repair.

• Ability to work in an environment containing distractions and interruptions such as noise and telephone calls.

• Must be available for after hours call on a rotational basis, as assigned.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of Hospice services necessary to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs in order to appropriately receive referrals.

• Knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid rules/regulations necessary to understand criteria for determining patient eligibility for admission.

• Ability to interpret insurance agreements/managed care contracts to provide appropriate care to a variety of patients.

• Ability to effectively negotiate contract/non-contracted rates for appropriate managed care depending on fair market analysis of current pricing trends.