RN - Hospice

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Responsibilities

• Understand Hospice Regulatory requirements/benefits including covered services, recertifications, transfers, and non-recertifications.
• Follow regulatory requirements regarding documentation standards.
• Perform case management activities of assessment, coordination, planning, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation.
• Interact with clients, caregivers, and families to assess, plan care, arrange services, monitor, and provide support and education.
• Complete all admission documentation within policy guidelines.
• Complete required admission/recertification corrections within 24 hours of receiving them.
• Complete visits notes and telephone conversation records and transmitted timely according to policy.
• Ensure Physician Orders are written timely, corrections to care plans are entered and transmitted according to time line.
• Complete Home Health Aide supervisory visits.
• Act as the coordinator of the health care team to maintain proper linkages within the continuum of care.
• Collaboratively communicate and initiate case conferencing as necessary and document interactions.
• Provide care according to plan of care and orders.
• Direct the activities of the licensed practical nurse.
• Make home health aide assignments, prepare written instructions for the aide and supervise the aide in the patient home.
• Assess patients for appropriate placement in Hospice per Medicare guidelines.
• Make home visits to monitor for signs and symptoms associated with end stage disease and end of life.
• Implement interventions to palliate symptoms in concert with attending physicians.
• Triage phone calls when on call.
• Make home visits to assess and pronounce death, do post mortem care, notify County Coroner of patient passing, notify Funeral home and physician.
• Provide comfort for the family and make appropriate referral to Bereavement Coordinator

About CARLE

Carle Health is a healthcare organization operating in Illinois, offering a wide range of services including clinical care, health insurance, research, and academics. They have a team of nearly 16,500 members providing high-quality care through eight hospitals, physician group practices, health insurance plans, and medical education institutions, with a focus on innovation, diversity, and community impact.