Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

This is a salaried, exempt position.
Full-time or part-time option available (Saturdays and Sundays required)
Option for 40, 32, or 24 hours a week

The Nurse Liaison participates in admissions, comprehensive assessments, and other related visits across various settings including the home, inpatient units, hospitals, long-term care facilities, or all other settings as necessary. Nurse Liaison shall assure appropriateness for services, verify orders, and communicate with other members of the interdisciplinary team to develop a plan of care.

What are the essential duties?

• Assists with referral intake process by providing program information to prospective patients, families, and referral sources. Provides information, collects information, and develops the referral according to agency procedure. May be involved in the election statement signing.
• Develops and maintains a hospice presence in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other targeted referral sources by coordinating with providers, case managers, and other staff that have direct involvement in the referrals and admissions process.
• Does initial assessments in the home, facility, hospital, or any other settings as needed to evaluate physical, environmental/safety needs of patient to explain services and to develop an initial plan of care in collaboration with patient, significant others, and interdisciplinary team members in order to assure satisfactory patient outcome.
• Evaluates patient’s appropriateness and eligibility for program services. Communicates with primary physician regarding assessment findings and initiation of treatment plan. Nurse will communicate with other members of the interdisciplinary team in order to introduce the patient.

What are the requirements for this role?

• Ability to work every Saturday and Sunday
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Two years clinical nursing experience
• Current NC Registered Nurse license
• Valid NC driver's license, reliable independent transportation, and current auto liability insurance at limits required by the agency

Here is what our employees have to say about working here:

• This is the best organization I have ever worked for. What makes it stand out the most is the culture of trust and understanding created by senior leadership, which filters down to every level of the organization and provides a safe environment for everyone to do and be their best.
• We are the best because we are encouraged to be the best.
• Everyone who works here is focused on the mission of providing the best end of life care possible. This includes not just the clinical staff but also the support staff who are made to feel a part of the team.
• This organization is one of a kind. From the top to the bottom, there is respect, integrity, and kindness. Our leaders lead by example.
• Employees are put first along with a balance for what will ensure a healthy organization.

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