What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Coordinator position at Inova Health System?
Inova Health System's Palliative Medicine & Comprehensive Care program is seeking a dedicated Hospice Coordinator to join our dynamic team! The role will be remote or on-site, part-time. Schedule is 2-10s (flexible start/end, between 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.), Fri & Mon.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Hospice Coordinator Job Responsibilities:
- Explains hospice philosophy, levels of care, goals and services to patients/families, nursing staff and providers to ensure understanding of principles of care.
- Communicates referrals to hospice agencies as indicated.
- Maintains relationships with hospice agency staff to facilitate communication and transitions of care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of community resources to meet patient needs.
- Provides in-services to providers, nursing staff and Case Management as appropriate. Assesses knowledge of staff and provides information on an individual basis when indicated.
- Utilizes standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
- Identifies trends and develops/implements processes and plans for addressing these trends appropriately.
- Assists with compliance aspects related to hospice.
- Collects appropriate outcome and referral data and reports to leaders on a regular basis.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Hospice Coordinator Additional Requirements:
- Work schedule: remote or on-site, part-time. 2-10s (flexible start/end, between 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.), Fri & Mon
- Education: ADN, BSN or MSW. If RN has an Associate's Degree, within 2 years of date of hire, they must meet with their nurse leader and conduct the following: 1.) Identify which accredited school they plan to attend 2.) Provide a written plan with anticipated BSN completion date 3.) Submit a review of transcripts from the school indicating the required pre-requisites and timeline for taking the courses 4.) Complete BSN within 5 years of start date
- Experience: Three years of public health/ community health, medical/ surgical, palliative or hospice nursing/ SW experience. Hospital based nursing/ SW experience.
- Certification: If ADN or BSN, current RN license in VA or eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as an RN. If MSW, current SW license in VA or eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Social Worker. BLS from the American Heart Association.
Hospice Coordinator Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience: 3 years of hospital based MSW or RN experience in hospice
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
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