Hospice Care, Referrals Registered Nurse

Job Description

Facilitates patient admission, discharge, intra-hospital and inter-facility transfer processes through clinical triage. Utilizes the electronic bed board to assign patients beds to the appropriate clinical unit.

Job Responsibility

• Prioritizes and assigns beds based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation from the Emergency Department, Perioperative Services, MD offices and patient transfers from other hospital.
• Helps facilitate patient transfer to inpatient bed and ensures hand off communication to accepting nurse.
• Promotes optimum utilization of hospital beds by conducting rounds and communicating with admitting staff, Emergency Department and patient care units regarding bed availability, current census and admission needs.
• Addresses and resolves issues arising from increased census and decreased bed availability.
• Promotes patient, family and physician satisfaction regarding bed assignments.
• Intervenes in conflicts as needed.
• Liaises with Case Management to facilitate patient discharge, inter-facility, and intra-hospital transfer process.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related, are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. Bachelors Degree in Nursing, preferred.

Must be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two (2) years and obtain a BSN Degree within five (5) years of job entry date.

Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.

2 + years of nursing experience: hospice or home care strongly preferred.

Minimum one year of experience as an Admission RN, Referrals RN, or Liaison RN strongly preferred.

• Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good-faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team members base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).