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The RN Coordinator for Home Health/Hospice at UNC Health Care provides patient care coordination for home health or hospice patients, educates physicians and staff, and facilitates continuity of care from hospital to home or hospice. This role involves coordinating referrals, communicating with patients, families, and referral sources, and ensuring the appropriateness of home care referrals.
Responsibilities
- Communicates all appropriate patient information and coordinates staff availability directly with the home health or hospice intake department.
- Communicates home health or hospice staffing availability to referral sources and staff.
- Coordinates with the patient, patient's family, referring physician, clinical care management representative, and hospital staff to determine the appropriateness of all home care referrals.
- Educates referral sources and other hospital staff in relation to home health or hospice services and regulatory requirements.
- Gathers all the necessary demographic and medical information, as well as all requested treatment and services to develop a detailed and comprehensive home health or hospice care referral and plan.
- Identify the type of service which best serves the referral patient: General Inpatient Hospice or Home Hospice and communicate this to the referral source and patient/family/care giver.
Qualifications
Required
- Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
- If hired after October 1, 2015 must be enrolled in an accredited program within four years of employment, and obtain a Bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a Master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of employment date.
- Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
- Two (2) years of home health, public health or other health related experience.
Preferred
About UNC Health Care
UNC Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, offering integrated health services.
Full Job Description
**Description**
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
Provides patient care coordination for home health or hospice patients. Educates physicians and staff and facilitates continuity of care of patients from hospital to home or hospice. Participates on interdisciplinary team and collaborates with physicians and staff to establish and implement home care or hospice needs. Coordinates referrals from skilled nursing facilities or other locations.
Responsibilities:
1. Communicates all appropriate patient information and coordinates staff availability directly with the home health or hospice intake department. Communicates home health or hospice staffing availability to referral sources and staff.
2. Coordinates with the patient, patient's family, referring physician, clinical care management representative, and hospital staff to determine the appropriateness of all home care referrals.
3. Educates referral sources and other hospital staff in relation to home health or hospice services and regulatory requirements.
4. Gathers all the necessary demographic and medical information, as well as all requested treatment and services in order to develop a detailed and comprehensive home health or hospice care referral and plan. Identify the type of service which best serves the referral patient: General Inpatient Hospice or Home Hospice and communicate this to the referral source (Case Managers, Residents, or Physicians) and patient/family/care giver.
**Other Information**
Other information:
**Education Requirements:**
● Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing. BSN preferred.
● If hired after October 1, 2015 must be enrolled in an accredited program within four years of employment, and obtain a Bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a Master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of employment date.
**Licensure/Certification Requirements:**
● Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
**Professional Experience Requirements:**
● Two (2) years of home health, public health or other health related experience.
**Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:**
**Job Details**
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
Organization Unit: UNCHCS Cont Care Intake
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $34.65 - $49.81 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Durham
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.